On a February evening in Prichard, Alabama, the lives of two men were tragically cut short in a burst of violence. Darrell Corenzo Harrison, a 25-year-old male, was discovered shot to death on February 21, 2015. He was not alone; with him in the parked vehicle behind the Arbor Pointe Apartments was 29-year-old Chavis Shikei Sanders, who had also been fatally shot.
The scene painted a grim picture of a double homicide that left the community seeking answers.
In the immediate aftermath, the Prichard Police Department, with assistance from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, launched an investigation into the killings. Details emerged that both Harrison and Sanders had been shot while sitting in the car. Investigators worked diligently to piece together the events leading up to the shooting, but a suspect or person of interest was not immediately identified, and a motive for the slayings remained elusive. The lack of immediate answers left a void for the families and a sense of unease in the neighborhood.
An unsettling detail that surfaced during the investigation was that Chavis Sanders had been the victim of a separate shooting just a month prior to his death. He had survived that earlier attempt on his life, which occurred on Noble Avenue and resulted in the death of another man. Authorities investigated a possible connection between the two incidents, but it remained unclear if the events were related. Sanders' mother conveyed to reporters her belief that her son and his friend, Darrell Harrison, may have been the victims of a robbery. Despite the ongoing investigation and public appeals for information, reports from the time indicated that the suspect in the double homicide was still at large.
