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Mobile Police Arrest Homicide Suspect from Dauphin Street Shooting

Sep 11th, 2011

On Sunday, September 11, 2011 at approximately 3:15 a.m., Mobile Police officers responded to the intersection of Dauphin and Jackson Streets in reference to shots fired. Officers found 26 year-old Darryl Antonio Casher shot in the chest. Casher was transported to Mobile Infirmary where he succumbed to his wounds.

Detectives were able to determine that Casher was killed during a dispute that started at Club Atlantis on Dauphin Street. Video surveillance from a street camera shows the altercation, the shooting and the arrival of officers approximately 15 seconds after shots were fired.

Also on September 11, 2011, 18 year-old Cedric Cortez Burroughs was identified as the shooter in this case. At 1:00 p.m., Burroughs was taken into custody at his home in Mobile and brought to Police Headquarters where he was arrested and charged with Murder.

Homicide detectives will continue to investigate this incident. If anyone has information in regards to this case, please call Mobile Police at 208-7211, Crime Stoppers at 208-7000 or text to CRIMES (274637) and include the keyword CRIME 411.

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Ashley H. Rains
Public Information Office
Office: 208-1918
Fax: 208-1758