On the evening of March 28, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 26-year-old Lamont LaKeith Cameron, a Black male, was fatally shot while seated in a vehicle in the 3000 block of 27th Street in West Tuscaloosa. The shooting occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. and also wounded his half-brother, 25-year-old Orlando Blackmon.

Both men were taken to DCH Regional Medical Center; Cameron died shortly after arrival. Blackmon sustained injuries but was expected to survive. Blackmon’s two young children were in the backseat during the attack; a bullet pierced the car and grazed the edge of one child’s car seat, but neither child was physically harmed.

The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit opened an investigation. As of this report no suspects had been taken into custody and no arrests were announced; authorities have asked the public for information. If anyone has information about who was responsible for the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.