Demarcus Benjamin was 37 when he was shot and killed on a summer afternoon in Prichard, Alabama. The shooting took place Friday, July 28, 2023, on Marengo Drive in the Alabama Village community. First responders found Benjamin with a gunshot wound and he died at the scene.

Prichard Police Department described two suspects believed to have fled in Benjamin’s car: two African-American males, one estimated 18 to 19 years old and the other 30 to 40. His ex-wife, Tamika Brooks, who is the mother of two of his children, publicly pleaded for anyone with information to contact police. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has been assisting the Prichard Police Department in several of the city’s unsolved homicides. No arrests have been publicly announced as of late 2023.

If anyone saw activity on Marengo Drive or has information about the two men or Benjamin’s car that afternoon, please come forward to assist the investigation.