In the late hours of a Friday night in Prichard, Alabama, a city in the Mobile metropolitan area, 48-year-old Wayne Holcombe was shot and killed on March 25, 2022. The male victim was discovered on Newsome Street, having sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
Prichard Police investigators began looking into the homicide, suggesting that the motive could be related to a dispute over money and gambling.
In the weeks following the shooting, Holcombe's family, wracked with grief, described him as a kind and humble person who was well-loved in the community and would actively avoid violence. His fiancée, who had spoken to him just an hour and a half before he was killed, recalled hearing the voices of other men in the background during their final conversation.
Nearly a month after Wayne Holcombe's death, his family and the Prichard Police Department made a public appeal for information that could lead to an arrest. At that time, no person of interest had been named, and the case remained without a clear suspect. Despite the ongoing investigation and the family's plea for justice, publicly available information has not indicated that any arrests have been made in connection with his murder. The search for those responsible for his death continues.
