Keith Powell, a 45-year-old Black man known by some as Pooh, was shot and killed in Montgomery, Alabama on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 5, 2023. He lived in Montgomery, graduated from Carver High School, and worked as a barber.

Just after noon police and fire medics were called to the 600 block of Williamson Road near Ray Drive, where officers found Powell with a fatal gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Montgomery Police Department opened a death investigation and soon reclassified the case as a homicide after evidence was gathered.

Investigators identified and arrested 36-year-old Montgomery resident Raytoria McBryde in connection with the shooting; she was charged with murder and booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility to be held without bond. Authorities have not released a motive or detailed circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone knew Keith Powell or saw activity near Williamson Road on December 5, 2023, please share information with Montgomery police.