On February 15, 2026 at approximately 10:50 pm, the Phenix City Police Department Patrol Division responded to a call in the 100 block of 17th Avenue South in reference to a female being shot. Upon arrival, officers found 52-year-old Continaer Robinson Evans deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
At the scene officers quickly located Willie James Davis Jr. and he was taken into police custody for the shooting without incident. After a thorough investigation, Willie James Davis Jr. was charged with murder.
This is currently an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Phenix City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division.
