In the early morning hours of October 8, 2023, gunfire broke out on the 500 block of 16th Avenue in Phenix City, Alabama. Officers arriving at about 1:57 a.m. found 20-year-old Brakevious Williams, a Black male, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was given medical attention but was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Phenix City Police Department Criminal Investigations Division identified a primary suspect, 20-year-old Michael James Mayberry Jr. Mayberry was located in Columbus, Georgia, and arrested by the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office working with the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force. He was charged with murder and held in custody pending extradition back to Alabama.

What details about the circumstances or motive that brought Williams and Mayberry together that morning might help explain what happened?