Birmingham man killed in New Market shooting; suspect arrested

NEW MARKET, Ala. — A 23-year-old man from Birmingham was shot and killed early Sunday morning at a home in New Market.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded around 1:15 a.m. to a report of a shooting at a residence in the 200 block of Bent Creek Lane. When they arrived, they found Evan Mayomi with a gunshot wound to the chest. Deputies and HEMSI paramedics tried to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes and Crime Scene units responded and began an investigation. Detectives later arrested 31-year-old Xavier Turner in connection with the shooting…

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