In the early hours of Monday, May 18, 2026, 20-year-old Daniel Franklin was killed by gunfire in Mobile, Alabama. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at about 1:57 a.m. in the 1100 block of O’Donnell Street and found Franklin outside a residence with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Four other people — three females and one male — suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and had been taken to local hospitals.

Investigators with the Mobile Police Department described a chaotic scene where numerous shell casings were recovered and the home showed several bullet holes. The department has opened a homicide investigation but has not identified or arrested any suspects and has released no motive or further circumstances. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the Mobile Police Department.