On March 11, 2023, 19-year-old Willie Thomas Jr., a Black/African American male, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Quick Stop Food Mart on Overlook Road in Mobile, Alabama. Police were alerted by a passerby and found Thomas with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene at about 7:33 p.m.

Two other young men were also wounded that evening. A 19-year-old male with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound was taken to a hospital by ambulance, and a 20-year-old male with injuries not considered life-threatening was transported to a hospital in a private vehicle. The Mobile Police Department opened a homicide investigation that remains active; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help investigators, please contact the Mobile Police Department.