Dante Gervaise Millner was 38 when he was fatally shot in his hometown of Clanton, Alabama. The shooting occurred after an argument on First Avenue North on the evening of April 10, 2022; police and sheriff’s deputies found Millner lying in the street with a gunshot wound to his face. He was transported by ambulance to Shelby County Airport and airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he died at about 2:30 p.m. on April 11, 2022.

Millner, Black/African American, was a 2002 graduate of Chilton County High School and had worked 13 years at Stewart Signs. He was a father to three sons, known to his family as the Big 3, and remembered for a big heart and infectious smile.

Authorities identified a suspect quickly. With assistance from the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, 28-year-old Cordarious Glover was arrested in North Chilton County on April 14, 2022, charged with murder, and held after bond was revoked.

If anyone witnessed the argument or the shooting on First Avenue North, or has information about that night, please come forward.