A violent family altercation in the early hours of Sunday, April 26, 2026, left 33-year-old Timothy Harris dead. The shooting occurred at a residence on Old State Road in Phenix City, Alabama. Officers who responded found Harris with two gunshot wounds; a family member was on scene providing life-saving measures. Harris was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Intensive Care Unit and pronounced dead at 9:12 a.m. The medical examiner later attributed the death to a fatal gunshot wound sustained during an altercation with his brother.

Investigators have identified the family member who was rendering aid as a person of interest and have interviewed that individual along with several other witnesses. The body was sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science in Montgomery for autopsy, and the investigation remains active and is expected to be presented to a Russell County Grand Jury. Timothy Scrap Terrell Harris’s funeral was planned at Bethel A.M.E. Church, with burial at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.

If anyone witnessed the altercation on Old State Road or has information about what happened that morning, please share what is known.