Sherman Edward Cornette, 68, was found fatally shot inside a home on the 100 block of Creel Street in Midfield, Alabama, just after 1:00 a.m. on May 17, 2021. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene, and the Midfield Police Department initially investigated the death as a homicide.

A suspect was identified, arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a murder charge. During the prosecutor’s review, however, investigators determined Cornette had been attempting to enter the shooter’s residence in the middle of the night when the fatal shot was fired. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute after concluding the shooting was an act of self-defense.

Are there witnesses who saw Cornette that night or anyone with information about what led to him going to that address?