A shooting on December 19, 2020, in the 4100 block of Troy Highway in Montgomery, Alabama, left 65-year-old William Elmore III with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Baptist South Hospital and died of his injuries on December 29, 2020. The Montgomery Police Department reclassified the case as a homicide after his death.

Investigators identified 38-year-old Michael Lewis as the primary suspect and sought him on a murder warrant. A $1,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest, and Montgomery County Commissioner Ronda Walker added $10,000 to the Central Alabama CrimeStoppers fund. On January 8, 2021, U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force members, acting on an anonymous tip, found Lewis at a Wright Street residence; he was taken into custody after attempting to flee and charged with Elmore’s murder.

If anyone has information about Elmore, Lewis, or the events on Troy Highway in December 2020, please come forward.