Joseph Evans Jr., 25, was shot dead on November 11, 2024, between two buildings at the Dauphin Gate Apartments on Dauphin Street in Mobile, Alabama. Police found Evans succumbed to gunshot wounds; another person was injured and taken to a hospital by a private vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators identified a suspect and two days later detained 19-year-old Nyyon Elijah Sanders while executing a search warrant. Sanders was out on bond on a 2022 homicide charge and had been required to wear an ankle monitor; authorities say the device’s battery had died in the hours before the shooting, allowing him to be in a prohibited location. Sanders was charged with murder and first-degree robbery in connection with Evans’s death and pleaded not guilty in court. His bond in the earlier case was revoked.

The family, who called him baby Joe, held a vigil releasing red and black balloons and said they believed the killing could have been prevented. Does anyone who lived near Dauphin Gate Apartments that night have information about what happened or saw activity in the area?