Charles Lee Douglas II, 40, was shot to death in the early morning hours of Friday, February 13, 2026, in the 12000 block of Sandy Creek Drive in Elberta, Alabama. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting call at about 3:36 a.m. and found Douglas suffering multiple gunshot wounds; he was later pronounced dead.

Investigators arrested a neighbor and acquaintance, 45-year-old Paul Maxwell Jr., and charged him with murder. Prosecutors say Douglas and Maxwell had been together earlier that evening before a disagreement escalated into a violent altercation. Maxwell reportedly admitted to firing the shots. Reports state Douglas was unarmed; the victim’s wife and son were inside the home during the incident and were not physically harmed.

Maxwell was booked into the local detention center and a judge set bond at $200,000 with conditions including a GPS ankle monitor, no firearms, no contact with the victim’s family, and a ban on returning to the Sandy Creek Drive residence. Does anyone in the Elberta area have information about what happened that night or knew the relationship between Douglas and Maxwell?