On March 30, 2026, at about 12:57 p.m., 19-year-old Fitzgerald Lamar Wilson Jr. was shot and killed in Alexander City, Alabama. Officers responding to a report of a vehicle being fired upon found Wilson and another man, 20-year-old Rafiel Riggins, inside a silver Hyundai Elantra with multiple gunshot wounds; both were pronounced dead at the scene. Initial findings indicated the shots were fired from outside the vehicle.

A reward of $2,000 was offered by CrimeStoppers for information leading to an arrest. By April 3, 2026, investigators had taken two men into custody: 22-year-old Markeis Diquon Smart of Dadeville and 19-year-old Jordan Hakeim Smart of Alexander City, each charged with two counts of capital murder of persons in a vehicle and held at the Tallapoosa County Jail pending a bond hearing.

Fitzgerald Wilson Jr., known as Jugg, was born August 26, 2006, in Sylacauga and was a student at Benjamin Russell High School. Anyone who knew Fitzgerald or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.