Nicholas McMillian was 22 when he was shot in Mobile, Alabama on the evening of August 30, 2021. He was found with a gunshot wound near Lakeland Drive and Three Notch Road and taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries; he later died from those wounds and the case was treated as a homicide.

The Mobile Police Department investigated the shooting, working to reconstruct events, identify a suspect and determine a motive. Investigators named a person of interest and later made an arrest; authorities indicated the charge was expected to be upgraded to murder after McMillian’s death.

Anyone who was in the Lakeland Drive and Three Notch Road area that evening or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.