Late on the evening of Wednesday, May 22, 2019, a 911 call reported a shooting on the 100 block of Blair Street in Florence, Alabama. Officers found 63-year-old Willie Oneal Hollis of Sheffield on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound. Emergency responders transported him but he died en route to the hospital.

Police secured the scene and began a homicide investigation. A man named William Butler was taken into custody at the scene, interviewed at the Florence Police Department, and later arrested and charged with Hollis’s murder. Detectives processed Blair Street, spoke with neighborhood witnesses, and sent collected evidence to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for testing.

If anyone saw activity on Blair Street that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.