Rayshaun Glanton, a 42-year-old Black man from Midland City, Alabama, was shot and killed in Montgomery on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31, 2021. At about 10:35 p.m. police and fire medics responded to a call in the 5800 block of Monticello Drive and found Glanton with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. He was one of several people fatally shot in the city that day. He is remembered by family as a hard worker who loved his family and as someone fun, goofy, and the life of the party.

The Montgomery Police Department’s investigation quickly produced arrests. On November 1, 2021, authorities arrested 46-year-old Montgomery resident Tyrone Burgess and charged him with murder. On November 9, 2021, officers arrested 26-year-old Jeremie Rashad Wright and also charged him with murder; Wright was reportedly out on bond for a separate 2018 murder charge at the time of his arrest. As of November 2021, the two suspects had been charged and the case was moving through the legal system.

If anyone knew Rayshaun or witnessed events on Monticello Drive that night, please share what you know.