Dennis Walker Owens, 53, was fatally shot at a residence on Whip Poor Will Ct. South in Semmes, Alabama, on Friday, February 21, 2025. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says Michael Allen, 32, the son of Owens’ former girlfriend, called 911 and reported he had shot Owens, telling the dispatcher Owens had tried to fight him. Allen told the operator the firearm was on the kitchen table and said his family had been fearful and experiencing harassment after Owens’ relationship with his mother ended about a month earlier.

After an investigation, Allen was arrested and charged with murder and released on bond set at $150,000 with an ankle monitor as a condition of release. Friends and family remember Owens as a free-spirited, kind-hearted man — a skilled electrician of more than 30 years, a self-taught guitarist who loved fishing and gardening, and someone who enjoyed entertaining others with vivid stories.

If anyone knew Dennis, witnessed the incident, or has information about the events that led to the shooting, please share what is known.