The Auburn Police Division and Lee County Coroner's Office have identified one of the victims of the Sunday morning shooting near the University campus. An arrest is anticipated soon in the case, police say.
Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said 20-year-old Evan Mikale Wilson of Tuskegee was shot and killed Sunday. Lee County Chief Deputy Coroner Gene Manning pronounced Wilson dead at the scene.
Wilson will be transported to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences State Medical examiner’s office in Montgomery for a postmortem examination, police said.
The names of the other four victims who were injured are not being released at this time.
An altercation at the West Magnolia Avenue McDonald's in downtown Auburn led to five people being shot at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Three of the five — a 17-year-old male from Opelika, a 19-year-old female from Opelika, and a 21-year-old male Auburn University student from Hilton Head, South Carolina — were transported by ambulance to East Alabama Medical Center for treatment of apparent non-life-threatening injuries.
A 16-year-old from Opelika was airlifted by Lifesaver helicopter to Piedmont Midtown Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, with serious injuries.
Police do not believe the shooting was random, and authorities have said there is not an ongoing threat to the University.
The investigation remains under investigation at this time by the Auburn Police and the Lee County Coroner's Office. Wilson's death is being investigated as a homicide, while the assault of the other victims is also being investigated by the APD.
Police say the investigation is moving rapidly and arrests are anticipated, but no further information is available at this time.
The Plainsman will continue following this story. Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact the Auburn Police Division at 334-501-3140 or at the top line at 334-246-1391.
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Chip Brownlee, senior in journalism and political science, is the editor-in-chief of The Auburn Plainsman.
