A Tennessee interstate shooting ended a family’s trip home. Sfenson Simeus, 26, was killed on Interstate 65 in Giles County on the night of February 15, 2026. His sister, 23-year-old Elda Simeus, survived wounds sustained in the same attack. The siblings were reportedly driving from Indiana to Lake Worth, Florida, when the incident occurred.

The event was first reported as a vehicle crash at about 11:30 p.m., but deputies found that Sfenson had been fatally shot. Investigators concluded another motorist fired more than a dozen rounds into the Simeus vehicle shortly after the pair had stopped for gas and returned to the southbound interstate.

Hours later a man later identified as 31-year-old Aaron Wayne Purvis of Atmore, Alabama, flagged down a Franklin County deputy and asked to be taken into custody, making statements about involvement in multiple shootings while traveling through Alabama. Authorities say one of the firearms recovered from Purvis’s vehicle is believed to be the weapon used in the Giles County attack; warrants charging Purvis with first-degree homicide and attempted first-degree homicide have been filed. The motive remains under investigation.

If anyone was traveling south on I-65 in Giles County on February 15 and saw a vehicle or confrontation before 11:30 p.m., please share what was observed.