Evan Mayomi, 23, a Birmingham native, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of a July weekend in 2025 at a residence on Bent Creek Lane in New-Market, Alabama. Deputies from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office responded after a gunshot was heard just before 1:15 a.m. Deputies and HEMSI paramedics provided life-saving measures, but Mayomi was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to his chest.

Madison County Major Crimes and Crime Scene units opened an investigation into the death as a homicide. Police identified and arrested 31-year-old Xavier Turner in connection with the shooting; Turner was charged in the case and booked into the Madison County Jail without bond. The circumstances leading to the shooting remain under investigation.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Bent Creek Lane area that night or has information about Evan’s death, please contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.