Tommy Perkins, a 54-year-old Black man from Montgomery, Alabama, was shot and killed on the evening of November 4, 2023. Police and fire medics were called about 7:45 p.m. to the 700 block of Golden Gate Drive in north Montgomery, just outside Northern Boulevard, where officers found Perkins wounded and the response became a death investigation.

News reports identified Perkins as the victim and said Montgomery police opened a homicide investigation but released few details about what led to the shooting or who might be responsible. Notices and obituary listings confirmed Perkins lived in Montgomery and that funeral services were scheduled later in November.

If anyone saw activity on Golden Gate Drive the evening of November 4 or has information about Perkins’ killing, contact the Montgomery authorities handling the homicide investigation.