On the evening of July 28, 2022, 19-year-old Kelis Cook was found fatally shot in the front passenger seat of a silver Nissan Altima on E. Brignoli Street in Talladega, Alabama. She had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 30-year-old man was also located nearby with a single gunshot wound to his hand.

Talladega Police initially had no suspects and appealed to the public for help. Central Alabama CrimeStoppers later offered a reward for information leading to the identity and arrest of those responsible. Kelis’s family made a public plea for justice; her mother described burying her child just a day before what would have been Kelis’s 20th birthday.

No arrests have been publicly announced in connection with Kelis Cook’s murder. If anyone has information about that night on E. Brignoli Street, please contact the Talladega Police Department.