Overview

• Dwight Contrell Tanker, 39, died over the weekend from injuries sustained in the Sept. 29 shooting, authorities announced Sunday.
• The shooting happened on Arboretum Way at the University of Alabama Arboretum, and Tanker was hospitalized before he died days later.
• Investigators determined the incident was domestic in nature, and the suspect fled before officers arrived.
• Police identified the suspect as Jone Vshal Bates, 41, who was arrested the same day and initially charged with attempted murder.
• Following Tanker’s death, investigators upgraded Bates’s charge to murder and booked her into jail without bond; neither person is affiliated with the university and the arboretum is generally open to the public.