Brandon Charles Bennett, 30, was fatally shot in Albertville, Alabama on April 7, 2022. Police were called to a residence on Highpoint Road about 4:40 p.m. and found Bennett with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was transported to Marshall Medical Center South in Boaz, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly. By about 8:30 p.m. that evening, 24-year-old Michael Wayne Childress of Albertville was located at a local business, taken into custody, and charged with murder in connection with Bennett’s death. The Albertville Police Department worked with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, the District Attorney’s Office, the Drug Task Force, and other local agencies on the investigation.

Bennett’s funeral was held April 11, 2022, at Adams Brown Service Funeral Home, and he was buried at Union Grove Cemetery #2 in Altoona. He was survived by his spouse, Katlynn Mann; sons Caiden Jay and Sabastian Kayne Lee Bennett; daughters Courtney and Kaliegh Lassetter; his mother, Marcia Bennett; and five brothers. Did anyone in the Albertville area see or hear anything that afternoon on Highpoint Road?