Aeron Lao, 24, was shot and killed during an argument at the Bel Air Apartments on Bel Air Boulevard in Mobile, Alabama, on the afternoon of Sunday, March 17, 2024. Mobile Police Department officers were called about a male shot at about 4:06 p.m. and found Lao deceased from a gunshot wound when they arrived.

Investigators identified and located a suspect at the complex shortly after the shooting. Police arrested 25-year-old Alec Tran at the scene; authorities say Tran and Lao knew each other and had been involved in an argument just before the shooting. Tran was taken to the Metro Jail and formally charged with murder.

On March 21, 2024, Tran pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and a judge set a preliminary hearing for the following month and scheduled a bond hearing. If anyone witnessed the incident or has information about Lao’s movements that afternoon, contact the Mobile Police Department.