In the early hours of Sunday, March 8, 2026, a shooting on the 100 block of West Front Street in Evergreen, Alabama, left multiple people wounded and two young men dead. Nineteen-year-old Melvontaie Loveless, a Greenville resident, was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency responders arrived about 12:40 a.m. Another victim, 20-year-old Jakale Herbert, was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, where he later died.

A joint investigation by the Evergreen Police Department, the Conecuh County Sheriff’s Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation was opened and remains ongoing. Officials have not released information about suspects or arrests and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Melvontaie or witnessed the shooting on West Front Street that night, please share what you know with investigators.