On the morning of Saturday, January 14, 2023, Robin Durell Braswell, 31, was found near Coosa County Road 52 in Goodwater, Alabama, with a gunshot wound to his chest. Emergency personnel and law enforcement were on scene when the Coosa County Sheriff’s Office arrived about 2:40 a.m. Attempts to revive Braswell failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Coosa County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and identified a suspect. Later that month authorities announced the arrest of 21-year-old Lei-Keston Demicha Sharoy Ford of Alexander City, who was charged with Braswell’s murder and held at the Coosa County Jail while the investigation continued. No further details about motive or the circumstances of the shooting have been released.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near Coosa County Road 52 on January 14, 2023, please come forward.