Wendell Lee Bonner, 30, was fatally shot on the evening of March 9, 2019, after leaving a family restaurant in the Center Point area of Alabama. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Hillview Avenue and 5th Street N.W. after a shooting; Bonner was found with a gunshot wound in his vehicle, taken to a local hospital, and later died. Investigators said he appeared to be an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of a rolling gun battle between two other vehicles, and the case remained under investigation as deputies worked to identify those responsible.

Friends and family remembered Bonner as fun, loving, respectful, and always smiling. He was in his last year of college pursuing a Bachelor of Science in management and computer science while working full time, and he had chosen to be an organ donor. No public announcements about arrests or suspects have been made. If anyone has information about that night or about vehicles seen near Hillview Avenue and 5th Street N.W. on March 9, 2019, please share what is known.