In the summer of 2020, the life of 31-year-old Landon Ellis Borden, a resident of Decatur, Alabama, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Saturday, August 8th, Decatur police were called to the vicinity of 14th Avenue and 4th Street Southeast following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered Borden suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was immediately transported to Decatur Morgan Hospital for medical attention.
Despite the efforts of medical personnel, Landon Borden succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The date of his passing is noted by some sources as August 8, 2020, while his official obituary records his death on August 9, 2020. The Decatur Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit promptly launched a homicide investigation to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting and to identify the person responsible for Borden's untimely death.
The investigation quickly led authorities to a person of interest. By Monday, August 10, 2020, the Decatur Police Department had secured a murder warrant for 24-year-old Dalton Dewayne Johnson in connection with the death of Landon Borden. In a significant development, Johnson voluntarily surrendered to the authorities that same afternoon. Following his surrender, he was arrested and booked into the Morgan County Jail, where he was held on a $100,000 bond. At the time of his arrest, no motive for the shooting had been publicly disclosed by the investigating officers. Further details regarding the progression of the case through the legal system, including any trial or conviction, have not been made widely available in the public record.
