On September 27, 2020, at about 3:30 a.m., 30-year-old Lamar Merritt was shot in the 3400 block of Mobile Highway in Montgomery, Alabama, and later died at a local hospital. He was identified as a Black male, and his death was counted as Montgomery’s 47th homicide that year.

The Montgomery Police Department opened a homicide investigation and reported arrests of two suspects in early October 2020. On October 7, authorities charged 28-year-old Edriage Vinson Jr. of Luverne with murder, and that same day they arrested and charged 21-year-old Joedaurius Tolliver with murder in connection with Merritt’s death. The circumstances that led to the shooting were not released when the charges were announced.

If anyone was in the Mobile Highway area that morning or has information about the events that led to Merritt’s death, please come forward.