Malik Benson, 27, a Black male from Montgomery, was shot around 3:55 p.m. on July 12, 2025. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found him in the 400 block of North California Street with a life-threatening wound, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Within minutes, less than a mile away, police discovered 26-year-old Dekeith Whatley fatally wounded in the 1700 block of Upper Wetumpka Road. Investigators said the two shootings were related, setting off a dual crime scene that drew detec
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