In the late afternoon of February 12, 2021, emergency responders in Montgomery, Alabama, found 19-year-old TaByus McGhee with a life-threatening gunshot wound at an apartment complex in the 2200 block of Woodley Square West. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital, where he later died; his death was recorded as the city’s ninth homicide of the year.

The Montgomery Police Department opened an investigation that initially had no clear motive or suspects. Shortly after the shooting, authorities arrested 17-year-old Danzell McGhee and charged him with murder; he was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility. Officials have not released the relationship between TaByus McGhee and the accused or additional details about how the shooting unfolded. Funeral services were held on February 21, 2021.

If anyone knew TaByus or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know with investigators.