In the quiet hours of a November morning in Montgomery, Alabama, the life of 28-year-old Steven L. White Jr. was tragically cut short by an act of gun violence. On Sunday, November 25, 2018, White was fatally shot, leaving behind a community to grapple with the sudden loss and a case that would soon grow cold. For nearly two years, the investigation into his death yielded no arrests, and the identity of his killer or killers remained a mystery, adding to the pain of his grieving family.
The silence in the case was finally broken in the fall of 2020. In early November, law enforcement officials announced a significant breakthrough, revealing that two suspects had been identified and were in custody. Jatez Taylor, 21, and Kenterprise Gunnells, 22, were both charged with capital murder in connection with the 2018 shooting of Steven White Jr. The arrests brought a renewed sense of hope for justice for White and his loved ones.
Following their arrests, both Taylor and Gunnells were held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility without bond. The charges against them were presented to a grand jury, which subsequently returned indictments against both men for capital murder. This legal step signified that the case would proceed to trial, where the evidence gathered by investigators would be presented in a court of law. The community now awaits the outcome of the judicial process, hoping for a resolution that will bring closure to a case that once seemed destined to remain unsolved.
