Thirty-year-old Quinton Allen Doughty was at a party in Alberta, Alabama, on the night of October 26, 2016, when his life was tragically cut short. An altercation broke out, and in the ensuing violence, Doughty was fatally shot. The sudden and violent nature of his death left his family, including his mother, grappling with immense grief, turning to prayer to cope with the loss of her only son.
The investigation into the shooting at the Alberta party moved forward, and authorities
identified a suspect. A 19-year-old man, Jamarcus Raheem Jordan, was subsequently arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting. Investigators gathered evidence from the crime scene, including ballistic information, and conducted follow-up interviews which led them to determine there was probable cause to charge Jordan with murder. Further details regarding the motive for the shooting or the specifics of the altercation have not been widely publicized.
Following his death, Quinton Doughty was remembered in an obituary published in the Tuscaloosa News. His passing was also noted by the National Gun Violence Memorial, which commemorates those lost to gun violence. The legal proceedings against Jamarcus Raheem Jordan would determine the final measure of justice for the death of Quinton Allen Doughty, a young man whose life was taken during a senseless act of violence at a party.
