Morris Leon Bledsoe Jr., 21, was shot and killed in east Gadsden, Alabama, on the evening of April 24, 2020. Born October 17, 1998, in Anniston, he grew up in Randolph and Calhoun counties and had made Gadsden his home. He was a father to two young sons and was expecting another child, and family and friends remember him as a loving father, a kind friend, and a determined worker.

Details about where the shooting occurred and what led to the violence have not been widely publicized, and public information about the Gadsden Police Department’s investigation is limited. No suspect identification or arrest connected to Morris Bledsoe’s homicide has been publicly reported.

If anyone in Gadsden knew Morris or has information about what happened on April 24, 2020, please come forward.