FROM POLICE CHIEF P.K. JOHNSON
MILLBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT
On July 11, 2020, at approximately 11:52 PM, Millbrook police officers responded to the 2600 block of Sharon Lane with regard to multiple 911 complaints of shots fired. Responding officers were advised of reports of an individual shot. Officers arrived and found an individual, later identified as Kendrick T. Williams, a 24-year-old Millbrook resident, on the ground outside of a vehicle that had crashed into a parked vehicle.
Williams had what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the head. Before the initial officer on scene could render aide, an unidentified black male fled the scene on foot. The officer gave chase but lost sight of the individual in the 2500 block of Sharon Lane. The individual was described as a black male wearing a white T-shirt and multi-colored shorts. The truck at the scene, a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pick-up truck, was later determined to stolen out of Tallassee.
Williams was treated at the scene by Millbrook fire-rescue personnel and later transported to Baptist South Emergency Room with life-threatening injuries. Williams later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased.
The Alabama Department of Corrections K-9 Unit was summoned for assistance in tracking the individual that fled the scene. The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and the Coosada Police Department responded to assist in setting a perimeter around the area during the search. The Alabama Department of Corrections K-9 Unit was able to track the individual to a business in the 2300 block of Main Street, where they lost the track. It appears that the individual was picked up by a motorist.
The Millbrook Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit responded to the scene to collect physical evidence and process the crime scene. The case has been turned over to the Criminal Investigations Unit and will be handled as a Homicide Investigation.
We are asking the public for their assistance in this case. There is a lot of talk on the street and on social media with regard to the events that unfolded last night, which led to this young man’s death. I can guarantee you whatever nonsense that precipitated this wasn’t a reason for this senseless act of violence and certainly not a reason for someone to die. Our investigators have several leads that they are following up on and we are confident that we will be able to identify and apprehend the person or person(s) responsible for this homicide. Someone out there knows what happened and why. We need that person to come forward and speak with our investigators, so that we can get this person off the street and hopefully provide the victim’s family with some closure.
I want to strongly discourage anyone that has any thoughts of retaliation against anyone that they may feel responsible for this. I implore our citizens to allow us to do our jobs and to assist us if they feel that they have any information that could help us make an arrest in this case. We will be increasing patrols in the area that this occurred and we will step up enforcement activity should it become necessary.
Our city is fortunate in that we don’t see this type of violence on a regular basis like you do in other places across this country. That being said we are not immune from it either. It’s the world we live in today, where people don’t value human life. When I was a young man a disagreement might lead to a fist fight. Somebody won and somebody lost, but no one died. Usually after the dispute was over the two combatants were still friends. Sadly, that’s not the case anymore. Our department will make every effort to identify and apprehend the person responsible for this. They don’t need to be on our streets. We would appreciate anyone having any information with regard to this case to call our department at (334)285-6832 or they may opt to call our Secret Witness Line at (334)285-8500.
I want to thank the Alabama Department of Corrections, the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and the Coosada Police Department for their assistance in this case.
