David Tyrell Benson, 27, was shot in the early hours of May 1, 2024, on Coosa County Road 93 in Kellyton and transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham with life-threatening wounds. He died there on May 2, 2024. Benson, a Cottage Grove resident and Central Coosa High School class of 2016 graduate, is remembered for his love of basketball and time spent with friends; he is survived by his parents and a young son.

The Coosa County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation that involved the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigations, the Montgomery SWAT team, and Alabama state troopers. On May 30, 2024, officers executed a search warrant at a Montgomery residence, recovered evidence tied to the investigation, and arrested 27-year-old Tramaine Dasean Grandison of Montgomery. Grandison was charged with murder and first-degree theft of property and booked into the Coosa County Jail without bond.

What information can help clarify Benson’s movements that night or link him to the person arrested?