In the early morning hours of Sunday, November 19, 2023, 17-year-old Cleo Stovall Jr. was killed in a volley of gunfire on Stuardi Court in Mobile, Alabama. Stovall, not a resident of the neighborhood, was involved in an exchange of gunfire with occupants of a parked vehicle; neighbors reported hearing as many as 50 shots. Stray bullets struck nearby homes, including one that pierced the closet of a 3-year-old child’s room.

Mobile Police officers responded about 12:58 a.m. and found Stovall in a yard with fatal gunshot wounds. The department says a preliminary investigation confirmed a shootout between Stovall and the vehicle’s occupants, and detectives have opened a homicide investigation.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Mobile Police Department.