On the evening of October 7, 2018, Vanessa Christina Thompson, age 29 and a mother of six, was shot on the 300 block of Michigan Avenue in Mobile, Alabama. She was taken to a local hospital but died later that night from her wounds.

Mobile Police opened a homicide investigation and detained a male subject for questioning early in the inquiry, but no arrest was announced. Authorities described the investigation as active; no motive or sequence of events leading to the shooting has been released. There have been no public announcements identifying a suspect or reporting charges in the years since, and the case remains unresolved.

Vanessa’s death left six children and an extended family grieving. If anyone has information about the shooting on October 7, 2018, please contact the Mobile Police Department.