A double homicide in Huntsville unfolded in the early hours of July 19, 2026, when a shooting at a business on Blake Bottom Road left 33-year-old Austin Taylor Morris and 26-year-old Devonte Marnez Vance dead. Officers arrived shortly before 1:00 a.m. and found both men with gunshot wounds. Vance was pronounced dead at the scene; Morris was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died later that day.

Huntsville Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit says the shooting followed an argument involving Morris, Vance, and a third person. That third individual was detained at the scene for questioning, and investigators planned to present their findings to the Madison County District Attorney’s Office for review. No name for the person detained has been released, and there have been no public announcements of arrests, charges, or convictions.

What details about the sequence of events or the people involved might help explain how an argument escalated to this deadly shooting? If anyone has information, contact the Huntsville Police Department.