In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 18, 2021, a burst of gunfire in Montgomery, Alabama, left 33-year-old Donyale Taylor dead from a fatal gunshot wound. Taylor, a resident of Letohatchee known to friends and family by the nickname Juan, was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman found at the scene suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The Montgomery Police Department opened a homicide investigation but has not publicly released a motive or identified suspects. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains ongoing. Taylor’s family remembered him as someone who loved everyone he met; his sudden death has been called senseless by those who knew him.

If anyone in the Montgomery area has information about what happened that night, please come forward and share what you know.