Xavier Thomas was 22 when he was shot and killed outside the Brundidge Retirement Center on Walding Circle in Brundidge, Alabama, on Saturday, May 27, 2017. He was a passenger in a vehicle when an assailant or assailants opened fire, fatally wounding him.

Investigators identified several people in connection with the homicide. One of the first arrests was 25-year-old Demarcus Flowers, taken into custody in Colorado by the United States Marshal’s Service. After Flowers’ arrest, Jacory Townsend, wanted for murder, and Trista Townsend, wanted for questioning, turned themselves in to authorities following news of the arrest.

A celebration of Thomas’s life was held Saturday, June 10, 2017, at Pike County High School Gymnasium, with visitation the day before handled by George F. Grubbs Funeral Home. If anyone has information about who shot Xavier or saw activity around Walding Circle that night, please share what is known.