On the evening of December 1, 2017, in the 7000 block of Taylor Crossing in Montgomery, Alabama, 32-year-old Vantrell Flynn was shot around 6 p.m. Emergency personnel found Flynn with a gunshot wound and took him to Baptist Medical Center South, where he was pronounced dead later that evening. Authorities described the incident as stemming from a domestic dispute and listed it as Montgomery’s 43rd homicide that year.

Montgomery police identified 30-year-old Cornelius Fain of Talladega as the primary suspect; the dispute that led to the shooting was between the two men. Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Fain in Talladega on December 6, 2017, and he was charged with murder and held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility on $150,000 bond. Funeral services for Flynn were held December 9, 2017, at Mercy Baptist Church, with burial at Big Zion Cemetery.

If anyone knew Flynn or has information about the events that night, please share what you remember.