Cornell Memorial Davis, 23, was killed in Enterprise, Alabama on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 2026. Police were called to the Brookdale Apartments on Apache Drive around 7:40 p.m. after reports of gunfire; officers found Davis inside an apartment with a fatal gunshot wound and the shooter had fled before their arrival.

Investigators linked the apartment shooting to a separate shooting in the parking lot of the Morgan Square Mall, where a vehicle was found struck by bullets. The Enterprise Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division treated the two scenes as connected while piecing together the evening’s events.

On Monday, August 10, 2026, police announced the arrest of 25-year-old Deontae Johnson of Enterprise; he was taken into custody without incident and charged with murder and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. The investigation remained active as detectives continued to examine the circumstances surrounding Davis’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share it with investigators.