Lucas Payne was 36 when he was shot in a Huntsville convenience-store parking lot on March 9, 2017. The shooting happened around noon at the junction of Oakwood Avenue and Pulaski Pike; officers found Payne with a gunshot wound and he later died at a nearby hospital. Payne was born November 2, 1983.

Witnesses described a Black male firing multiple shots at a sedan near the gas pumps, then leaving in a black SUV heading east on Oakwood Avenue; another vehicle with bullet holes was later found behind a car wash on Pulaski Pike. The Huntsville Police Department Major Crimes Unit identified a suspect and, on March 24, 2017, 29-year-old Adrian Hyder of Huntsville was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with murder. Authorities said the shooting appeared related to a prior altercation between the two men, not a random attack.

If anyone knew Lucas Payne or has information about the events that led to the shooting, please come forward.