On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 37-year-old Joseph Keith Chandler Jernigan died after sustaining a single gunshot wound to the abdomen at his home in Hanceville, Alabama. Emergency services transported him to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Officials at the scene described the incident as an alleged domestic incident; a woman who was present allegedly admitted to shooting Jernigan. The Hanceville Police Department opened an active investigation, and no charges had been announced in the initial reports.

Jernigan, born April 12, 1987, was remembered in his obituary as a loving family man and is survived by his parents, a sister, a stepbrother, and his daughter. Authorities have not released the circumstances that led up to the shooting.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Joseph, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.