Jamel Vetal Pendleton, 45, was fatally shot at his home on St. Stephens Road in Mount Vernon, Alabama, on the evening of Friday, January 27, 2023, around 9:30 p.m. Pendleton was at home with two family members when he answered a knock and was confronted by two men; he was shot multiple times. Despite severe wounds, he described one assailant to his sister in what authorities called a dying declaration, identifying a tall, thin individual with red dreadlocks. His sister also saw a suspect matching that description. Before dying, Pendleton urged family to call 911.

Investigators from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office identified 18-year-old Alvin Adams as a suspect; witnesses had reportedly seen Adams at Pendleton’s home on several occasions before the shooting. Adams later turned himself in and was charged with murder and shooting into an occupied building. Authorities say another unidentified man accompanied the shooter. If anyone knew Pendleton, saw people matching those descriptions, or has information about the other man, please share what is known.