In late summer 2022, 16-year-old Cameron Paul Daffron was shot and killed in Leeds, Alabama, on the evening of August 31. First responders found him at the scene of a shooting; he later died of his wounds. Leeds spans three counties, and investigators from the Leeds Police Department and neighboring Shelby County became involved as the inquiry progressed.

Police identified two suspects who were juveniles. Both were taken into custody and charged in connection with Cameron’s death; their names were not released because of their ages. The case left a tight-knit community and Cameron’s family facing an abrupt loss and the difficult fact that the alleged perpetrators were also teenagers.

If anyone in Leeds that evening saw something that could help clarify what happened, please come forward to law enforcement.