On the afternoon of March 18, 2022, an ambush-style shooting at the intersection of Cottage Hill and Azalea Roads in Mobile, Alabama, left two young men dead. Inside a vehicle, 19-year-old Cameron Montgomery and 16-year-old Ja’Kobi Freeman were found with fatal gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene; they were the city’s 11th and 12th homicide victims of the year.

Investigators say a gold-colored car pulled alongside the victims’ vehicle and multiple shooters fired from the approaching car. Police described the attack as tied to a violent dispute between two rival gangs, the 2K Babies and the South End gang, and characterized Montgomery and Freeman as soft targets who were not believed to be gang members. Detectives reported the shooting was retaliatory, following the murder of a relative of the 2K Babies’ leader.

On June 2, 2022, police arrested 21-year-old Kourtlen Parker, also known as Exco Excobarr, identifying him as the 2K Babies leader and charging him with two counts of murder and related offenses. Officers recovered eight handguns and drugs at his apartment; investigators say cell tower data, social media posts, and rap lyrics helped link Parker to the killings, and at least three different firearms were used in the attack. Does anyone have information about Cameron’s last movements or who else may have been involved?