On a summer afternoon in Prichard, Alabama, 37-year-old Demarcus Benjamin was shot and killed, leaving a family searching for answers. The incident occurred on Friday, July 28, 2023, on Marengo Drive in the Alabama Village community. First responders arrived at the scene to find Benjamin suffering from a gunshot wound.
In the immediate aftermath, the Prichard Police Department began an investigation into the homicide.
Investigators described two suspects who they believe fled the scene in Benjamin's car after the shooting. The suspects were identified as two African-American males, one estimated to be between 18 and 19 years old, and the other between 30 and 40.
Demarcus Benjamin's ex-wife, Tamika Brooks, made a public plea for anyone with information to come forward to assist the police in their investigation. Brooks, the mother of two of Benjamin's children, expressed her family's pain and their desperate need for justice. As of late 2023, no arrests have been publicly announced in connection with the murder of Demarcus Benjamin, and the case remains an open investigation. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office has been noted to be assisting the Prichard Police Department in solving a number of the city's unsolved homicides.
