Crime Solvers Central
Crime Solvers Central
302 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.

Forum Posts for Willie Haywood Jr:
Be respectful. Abuse of these forums will not be tolerated.

On the morning of September 5, 2021, deputies in Tuscaloosa responded to a shooting at a residence in the 4400 block of 20th Street and found 53-year-old Willie Haywood Jr. dead from gunshot wounds. Investigators say the shooting grew out of a domestic dispute between Haywood and 25-year-old Lashana Henderson.

According to the investigation, Henderson allegedly armed herself with a pistol and opened fire while Haywood was holding her 2-month-old infant daughter. The infant was critically wounded and taken to a hospital; Haywood died at the scene. Henderson was taken into custody, booked, and charged with capital murder for causing a death in the presence of a child under 14 and with first-degree domestic violence assault for the serious injury to the infant. Bond was set at $60,000 on the assault charge; the capital murder count was held without bond.

Are there details readers in Tuscaloosa remember about that neighborhood or that morning that might shed light on what happened?