DaShaun Valentino Bonner, 22, was shot in the parking lot of the Academy Sports and Outdoors at the Festival Center in Mobile, Alabama, on July 4, 2024, and died of his wounds the next day. He had been in a silver car when witnesses reported several men opened fire; bystanders heard an estimated 15 to 20 shots. Bonner and a companion, Benjamin Smith, had gone back into the store to obtain security camera footage after Smith’s car was allegedly broken into earlier while they were shopping.

The Mobile Police Department released images seeking help identifying those involved and named 19-year-old Curtis Lee Ridge III as a person of interest, along with a photograph of a minor they wanted to question. Friends and family described Bonner as a family man and father of two who was looking forward to his birthday later that month. The investigation remains open.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the people in the released images, please contact the Mobile Police Department.