Desmond Jamal Robinson, 29, was shot and killed on the evening of Sunday, August 8, 2021, at the intersection of Jacobs and Park Street in Goodwater, Alabama. The Coosa County Sheriff’s Office investigated the death as a homicide and identified a person of interest soon after.

Authorities arrested 26-year-old Jumarkis Cook from the Talladega area. Sheriff Michael Howell said Cook and Robinson had a prior altercation a couple of months before the shooting. Witnesses and Cook’s own admission indicate both men were firing at each other during the incident. Cook was charged with murder in Robinson’s death and also faced charges for shooting into an occupied vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, and reckless endangerment; the murder charge was referred to a Coosa County grand jury in September 2021.

Robinson was born April 28, 1992, in Alexander City and was the father of ten children. He had been a member of New Covenant Restoration Assembly since childhood, played drums and keyboard, and was buried at Goodwater Cemetery. Does anyone have information about Robinson’s last evening or the earlier altercation between him and Cook?