Darius Ballard was killed on April 17, 2026, in Enterprise, Alabama, after a Friday night shooting along the 2700 block of Alabama Highway 27 North. Officers were called about 7:38 p.m.; Ballard was found after being shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports did not immediately identify him while relatives were notified; police later named him as the victim.

Police said the shooting grew out of a custody dispute that escalated into an argument. Patrol officers quickly identified and apprehended a suspect without incident. Coffee County authorities booked Treilon Jamal Parkmon, 37, of Enterprise, on a murder charge early the next morning. Charging documents later alleged Parkmon fired a 10 mm semi-automatic handgun; one shot struck the Ford Mustang occupied by Ballard, while other rounds traveled into the surrounding Harvest Hill Circle neighborhood, striking near a home, coming to rest on a pool step, and passing through a fence. Charges were reported to include murder, two counts of reckless endangerment, shooting into an occupied vehicle, and shooting into an unoccupied building. No trial, conviction, plea, or sentence was available at this stage.

Does anyone in the Enterprise area have information about the events on Alabama Highway 27 North that night?