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TROY, ALABAMA, USA — Troy University student, 21, shot dead at The Edge apartments, three in custody
A 21-year-old Troy University student was shot dead at The Edge @ Troy apartment complex in Troy, Alabama, late on Thursday night, October 29, 2026. Troy police responded to the complex on the 600 block of Elm Street and found the student on the grass in front of the 400 building, unresponsive with a gunshot wound. CPR was attempted, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. On Friday, the university identified him as Carlique Miller, 21, a freshman business entrepreneurship major from Dothan. The investigation is led by Troy Police with Troy University Police, the Pike County Sheriff's Office, the Pike County Coroner's Office and the District Attorney's Office. Police said three people are in custody in connection with the shooting; none has been publicly identified and no charges have been announced. The university said there is no active threat to campus. Anyone with information can call Troy Police at 334-566-0500 or CrimeStoppers at 215-STOP (7867). We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes.
- Date
- October 29, 2026
- Location
- The Edge @ Troy apartment complex, 600 block of Elm Street, Troy, Alabama
- Victims
- Carlique Miller, 21 — a Troy University freshman, business entrepreneurship major, from Dothan; found unresponsive with a gunshot wound on the grass in front of the 400 building; pronounced dead at the scene
- Suspect
- Three people in custody in connection with the shooting — none publicly identified and no charges announced
- Stage
- CHARGED
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Update #2 — Prosecutors describe shooting as a drug deal gone bad; felony murder charges
Troy prosecutors have described the shooting that killed Troy University student Carlique Miller as a drug deal gone bad. At a press conference, 12th Judicial Circuit District Attorney James Tarbox said the conduct alleged in the October 29 shooting at the Edge apartments leads to felony murder charges against Dejuane Lamar Washington, 20, and Keifer Jayden Walker, 18. A third student, Parker Hughes Thompson, 18, faces drug charges in the same investigation. Troy University says all three have been suspended and barred from campus. Miller, 21, of Dothan, died after he was found shot in the 600 block of Elm Street. We are following this case and will update it again as soon as new information comes. -
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