On July 25, 2018, 17-year-old Casey Nicole Kizer from Hoover, Alabama, was fatally shot in Sylacauga. That evening, Kizer and a group of friends visited Fleetwood Metals, where 24-year-old Owen Ladon Wallace was employed. An altercation ensued between Wallace and a male passenger in Kizer's vehicle, leading to gunfire that struck Kizer. Her friends transported her to Coosa Valley Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries.
Following the incident, the Sylacauga Police Department
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