A shooting on Union Street in Montgomery on the evening of Friday, March 27, 2026, left 39-year-old Kevin Pettus dead. Pettus, a Black man, was found with a fatal gunshot wound after shots were reported shortly before 8:30 p.m.; the incident is being treated as a homicide.

On Monday, March 30, 2026, Montgomery police arrested 34-year-old Rodriqus Pervise and charged him with murder in connection with Pettus’s death. Authorities did not immediately release a motive. Pervise was held in the Montgomery County Jail following the arrest.

Funeral services for Kevin Pettus were scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2026, at the Chapel of Phillips-Riley Funeral Home, with burial at Brassell Cemetery. Does anyone have information about what happened on Union Street that night or knew Kevin Pettus?