UPDATE: Suspect identified in Mount Vernon homicide

UPDATE (Sept. 18, 11:20 p.m.): The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office released the identity of the suspected shooter in Tuesday afternoon’s homicide on Mount Vernon.

According to the MCSO, the suspect is Darrell Dewayne Files, 38.

Officials said Files shot the victim, 35-year-old Tavoris McConnell, multiple times in the upper torso following an argument over property.

The case is set to be presented to a Grand Jury, according to authorities.

UPDATE (10:10 p.m.): News 5 has spoken to the mother of one of McConnell’s children.

Samantha Brown said McConnell was the funniest person she knew, and she is devasted to hear what happened.

“He was a real lively person. I mean, it was never a dull moment when he was around,” Brown said. “I just broke down crying because I was like, ‘This can’t be true. This can’t be real.'”

Brown said she was never aware of any conflicts between McConnell and his neighbor.

A neighbor across the street from where the scene took place told News 5 that despite investigators saying an argument led up to the shooting, she didn’t hear any commotion until the gunshot.

“We heard a noise like a boom, like something exploded, and that was it,” neighbor Jackie Marie Williams said.

After she heard the gunshot, she went outside to check out what had happened.

“We saw people standing all outside, and we went over there and looked at the body,” Williams said. “It was laying down. It was kind of sideways, and blood was coming from up under his neck, and it was all on his shirt.”

UPDATE (9:13 p.m.): The victim in the Mount Vernon homicide that occurred Tuesday afternoon has been confirmed to WKRG News 5 by family.

The man killed was identified as Tavoris McConnell Sr., according to the mother of one of his children.

The suspect’s identity has not been released, but he was taken into custody for questioning.

UPDATE (5:11 p.m.): News 5 has more information on the Tuesday afternoon homicide in Mount Vernon.

According to investigators, the whole incident started as a conflict between two neighbors who authorities say have known each other for a few years.

Officials said they believe that one neighbor killed the other.

The suspect has been taken into custody for questioning, according to authorities.

The identities of the suspect and victim have not been released.

ORIGINAL STORY:

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. ( WKRG ) — One person is in custody and authorities are investigating after a Tuesday afternoon homicide, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

A spokesperson with MCSO said the sheriff’s office is assisting the Mount Vernon Police Department in investigating the homicide that happened on Allen Street and Shepard Lake Road East in Mount Vernon.

INCIDENT LOCATION:

The MCSO said there is one person in custody who officials believe was the shooter.

This is a developing story. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.

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