On January 1, 2024, a verbal dispute on the 2700 block of Simpson Street in Anniston, Alabama, ended when 21-year-old Kasmine L. McAfee was shot once by a man who had walked onto her property at about 4:30 p.m. Emergency responders took Kasmine to Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, where she later died of her injuries.

Anniston police identified 35-year-old Jarvis Donquisse Swink as a suspect and obtained a murder warrant. Investigators located and arrested Swink in Anniston on the evening of January 4, 2024; he was booked into the Calhoun County Jail on one count of intentional murder and held without bond. The investigation remains open, and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the Anniston Police Department’s Investigative Division.

Kasmine’s family remembered her as a devoted daughter and a loving mother to her son, Kymani Brown; she is also survived by her fiancé, Jayden Brown, her mother, and several siblings. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon, please contact the Anniston Police Department’s Investigative Division.