A college football gathering in Littleville, a rural community near Tuscumbia, Alabama, ended in fatal violence on November 9, 2019. James Michael Ronald Mikey Merritt, a 30-year-old Caucasian man, was shot once in the face with a pistol after a day of escalating arguments with another man, David Allen Fulkerson, reportedly fueled by alcohol. Merritt was taken to Huntsville Hospital, placed on life support, and later died of his injuries.

Colbert County authorities arrested 31-year-old Fulkerson at the scene and initially charged him with attempted murder; that charge was later upgraded to murder. Merritt’s family arranged for him to be an organ donor, and three people received organs.

If anyone who was at the gathering or nearby that evening has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.