A domestic altercation in Tallassee, Alabama ended in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Malik Deandre Allen on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025. The incident occurred in the 900 block of Hickory Street and investigators recovered more than 30 shell casings at the scene, a detail that underscores how intense the confrontation became. Allen was taken by private vehicle to Community Hospital in Tallassee but could not be revived.

Tallassee police announced the arrest the next day of 21-year-old Dakarian J. Hughley of Tallassee as the primary suspect; officials said he was cooperating with the investigation. Family remembered Malik as kind-hearted with a contagious smile, someone who enjoyed making people laugh, helped his late grandfather on the farm, and had attended Flat Rock Missionary Church with his sisters. He was expecting a daughter at the time of his death.

Did anyone in Tallassee know Malik or witness the events on Hickory Street that night?