In the winter of 2020, the community of Montgomery, Alabama, was shaken by a weekend of violence that resulted in the death of 52-year-old Lamar Bailey. A Black male, Mr. Bailey was fatally shot on Saturday, January 18, 2020, in what became one of three separate homicide investigations launched by local authorities over that weekend. The incident that claimed his life was reported as a shooting on Mobile Road.
At the time of his death, details surrounding the circumstances of the
shooting were limited. The Montgomery Police Department opened a homicide investigation to piece together the events that led to the death of Lamar Bailey. The investigation was one of several that detectives were tasked with during a particularly violent weekend in the city. The other incidents under investigation included another fatal shooting and a stabbing death, stretching law enforcement resources and casting a somber mood over the community.
Despite the initial investigation and the passage of time, there have been no publicly available reports of any arrests made or suspects identified in connection with the death of Lamar Bailey. The case, like many others across the nation, has seemingly grown cold, leaving a family and a community without answers or a sense of justice for a life lost to gun violence. His death is recorded in the National Gun Violence Memorial, a somber reminder of an unresolved homicide.
