On the late hours of Christmas Eve 2017 in Cullman, Alabama, 22-year-old musician Logan Wayne Trammell was shot and later died at Cullman Regional Medical Center. Logan had borrowed his father’s truck; his father, Donald Wayne Trammell, was in a camper nearby and, believing the vehicle was being stolen, fired a warning shot. When the truck kept moving, he fired again at the tailgate. The truck stopped and, upon opening the door, Donald discovered the driver was his son. Logan was struck by a bullet and died in the early hours of Christmas morning.

Family members described the shooting as a horrific accident and said Logan did not live with his parents full-time and had never before borrowed his father’s vehicle. In February 2018 a grand jury indicted Donald Wayne Trammell for manslaughter; in October 2019 he pleaded guilty and received a 15-year split sentence that included three years in state prison, followed by local detention and a community corrections program. Anyone who knew Logan or has information about that night is asked to share what they remember.