Frank Browning, 53, was shot in the head while he slept in his Mobile, Alabama, home on May 26, 2019. A lifelong Mobile resident, Browning was a pastor at various churches in Alabama, Arkansas, and Tennessee and owned Wileco Flooring, Inc.; he was known locally as a master flooring contractor in Mobile and Baldwin Counties.

Authorities arrested his son, William Browning, charging him with murder; reports say William had been planning to kill his father for 13 years. At the time of his arrest William was held without bond, pleaded not guilty, and was also facing unrelated receiving-stolen-property charges in Mississippi. Funeral services for Frank Browning were held May 31, 2019, and he was buried in Mobile Memorial Gardens, with the family asking that donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project in his memory.

Are there readers who knew Frank or who have information about the events leading up to that night?