Devante Tashon Hall

Devante Tashon Hall was a 32-year-old man from Birmingham, Alabama. Public records and local reporting identify him by name and age, and show that he was in Selma on the evening of October 18, 2024. Though public notices about his life are limited in the sources available, the facts confirm he was a real person with family and community ties whose life ended far too soon.

News reporting indicates that the events of October 18, 2024 occurred following a high school homecoming tailgating event in Selma; Mr. Hall was found with a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead that night. In the weeks and months after his death, local law enforcement publicly investigated the shooting and public notices sought information from witnesses. Later reporting notes that an arrest was made in connection with the shooting. These details are part of the public record surrounding his death, but they do not define the whole of who Devante was.

Because a family-published obituary or funeral-home notice matching his full name and the exact date of death was not found in reliable, publicly available funeral-home or obituary listings, many personal details — such as his birth date, occupation, hobbies, or the names of close family members — are not available in the sources used here. What can be said with certainty is that he was remembered by his community and that other groups and local outlets recognized his passing and sought information to help answer how it happened.

This remembrance honors Devante as a person first: someone whose life mattered to those who knew him. Even where public details are sparse, the records show a life that had meaning to family and community. May this brief memorial acknowledge his personhood, and may those who loved him find comfort in memories they hold privately.