On the morning of March 25, 2026, gunfire at the Arbor Place Apartments on Fox Run Parkway in Opelika, Alabama, left 38-year-old Alisa Shaquita Andrell Patton dead. She was found inside her white Ford Explorer, which had more than eight bullet holes and had crashed into an apartment building. First responders arrived about 10:56 a.m.; life-saving measures were attempted but Patton was pronounced dead at 11:05 a.m.

A 27-year-old man, Marc John Love, was taken into custody at the complex by an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency state trooper who was nearby when the shots were fired. Love was initially charged with murder; court filings later show the charge was upgraded to capital murder of a person inside a vehicle and he faces a separate charge of certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm. Court documents state Love and Patton had a relationship; investigators have said motive remains under investigation.

Patton was a mother to five sons and one daughter; funeral services were held April 3, 2026, at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in LaFayette, Alabama, with burial at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. If anyone saw or heard anything at Arbor Place Apartments around 10:56 a.m. on March 25, please share what you know.