Shortly after midnight on February 24, 2018, 18-year-old Chauncey Blackburn was shot in Montgomery, Alabama. He was taken to Baptist Medical Center South with critical injuries and remained hospitalized for weeks. On March 14, 2018, Chauncey Blackburn died of those injuries and the case was treated as a homicide.

Friends and family held a funeral service at First Baptist Church in Hope Hull on March 24, 2018, and he was buried at New Center Cemetery.

If anyone knew Chauncey, was present that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.