Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal Shooting
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
May 5, 2026
PRICHARD, AL. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 3, 2026, at approximately 1:56 p.m. at 325 Martin Luther King Drive South (Brothers Food Mart).
Upon arrival, deputies located a deceased individual in the parking lot, later identified as Tyler Carl Edward Hodges (DOB: 10/31/1986). Hodges sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Preliminary investigation, including surveillance footage from Brothers Food Mart, revealed that Hodges was standing in the parking lot with several individuals when an older model GMC pickup truck arrived and parked nearby.
An argument ensued between Hodges and the driver of the truck.
During the encounter, Hodges walked to the trunk of his vehicle, retrieved a machete, and approached the occupants of the truck while waving the weapon.
At that time, the driver of the truck fired multiple shots, striking Hodges, and then fled the scene.
Investigators interviewed several witnesses in the area who corroborated the events captured on surveillance video. Witnesses also indicated that this incident stemmed from an ongoing dispute between the individuals, including a prior altercation approximately two weeks earlier in which the shooter was reportedly injured by Hodges with the same machete.
The shooter has been identified as Keyon Jamel Tate (DOB: 08/24/1986). Tate has been interviewed and provided a statement to MCSO Detectives and the case has been presented to the District Attorney’s Office for review
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