On 06/06/2020 at approximately 9:45 PM, the Opelika Police Department responded to a call of a gunshot victim at the intersection of Monroe Avenue and Talladega Street. Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to the Emergency Room at East Alabama Medical Center where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. A suspect has been developed and detectives are continuing the investigation. Anyone with any information on this case is asked to contact the Opelika Police Department Detective Division at (334)705-5220 or the Secret Witness Hotline at (334)745-8665. You may remain anonymous.
-Opelika Police Department
A Saturday night shooting has left an Opelika man dead. Mario Hodge, 30, of Opelika died from his injury in the emergency room after being shot at the intersection of Talladega Street and Monroe Avenue in Opelika. Opelika Police received a 911 call of someone being shot about 9:42 PM Saturday night. When Opelika Police, Fire and Rescue and EAMC EMS arrived on scene, they located Hodge laying in the roadway. Hodge was transported by ambulance to the emergency room at East Alabama Medical Center. Hodge was stabilized and was being transported to UAB when his condition suddenly worsened and was returned to the emergency room where he was pronounced dead upon arrival at midnight. Hodge’s body has been taken to the medical examiner’s office at the Alabama Dept. of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for a postmortem examination. A suspect has been developed and detectives are continuing the investigation. The case is being investigated by the Opelika Police, Lee County Coroner, and the Alabama Dept. of Forensic Sciences. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Opelika Police detectives at 334-705-5220, Secret Witness Hotline at (334)745-8665 or the Lee County Coroner Secret Witness line at 334-742-4339. You may remain anonymous.
-Bill Harris, Lee County Coroner