Nine-year-old Kobe Kyrie Theard was asleep in his bed on Mount Vernon Road in Huntsville when gunfire struck his family’s home on November 5, 2022. Two bullets hit the sleeping child; one caused paralysis from the waist down. He spent months battling complications from the injuries and died on April 29, 2023, after suffering from those wounds.

Kobe was a student at Morris Elementary School and was remembered by his family as smart, kind, well-mannered, and loving of football. His death is being investigated as a homicide by the Huntsville Police Department. No public announcement has been made about suspects or arrests.

Does anyone who lived near Mount Vernon Road or knew Kobe have information that could help the investigation?