Jarez Cytril Ricks, a 31-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on Friday, April 15, 2022, in Valley, Alabama. Officers responding to a report of a person shot found Ricks with a serious gunshot wound; he was taken to EAMC-Lanier Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Within a day of the shooting the Valley Police Department, assisted by the Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT team, executed a search warrant at a Lafayette residence and arrested 20-year-old Quantavious Quartez Johnson. Johnson was charged with murder and booked into the Chambers County Detention Facility on a substantial bond. The Valley Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division continued to investigate the circumstances of the homicide.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Jarez Ricks, please share what you know with investigators.