On the evening of Sunday, July 21, 2019, 18-year-old James Edward Richardson III was shot while in a vehicle in a Montgomery, Alabama, neighborhood. The shooting happened at about 7:45 p.m.; investigators say another man, believed to have been known to Richardson, opened fire into the car. Richardson was taken to a nearby hospital and died there about three hours later.

Police arrested 23-year-old Kardarius Deitra Fountain of Georgia the next day and charged him with capital murder in connection with the killing. Authorities say Fountain had been wanted in Clayton County, Georgia, for nearly a year before the Montgomery shooting, with prior charges including aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and weapons offenses, and that he had served time in prison. He was held in the Montgomery County jail without bond.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or saw either vehicle or person around 7:45 p.m. on July 21, 2019, contact investigators with information.