On a late January evening in 2020, the life of 16-year-old Bryson Bryce Kenneth Davis, a male student from Fort Mitchell, Alabama, was tragically cut short. The incident unfolded on January 28th in Lee County, near the Russell County line, where an altercation escalated to gunfire. When sheriff's deputies arrived at the residence on Lee Road 307, they discovered Davis on the front porch with multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Also found at the location was 18-year-old David Chandler Cobb of Phenix City, who had also sustained gunshot injuries. Cobb was transported to a local hospital and later airlifted to a hospital in Atlanta in critical condition. Investigators recovered two handguns from the scene of the shooting. It was determined that neither Davis nor Cobb lived at the home where the fatal encounter took place.
In the aftermath of the shooting, the community mourned the loss of the Central High School junior. School officials remembered Bryce as a student active in both extracurricular and co-curricular activities, and his death deeply affected students and staff. Counseling services were made available to support those grieving.
Publicly available records indicate that on July 5, 2023, David Chandler Cobb was arrested in Lee County. The listed charge was related to a grand jury and the discharge of a firearm. However, information regarding the specific outcome of this arrest, including details of any trial, conviction, or acquittal in connection with the death of Bryson Davis, is not available in the online sources. The investigation into the shooting was reported as ongoing, with authorities appealing to the public for any information.
