On August 17, 2017, Kelvin O’Brian Jackson, 31, known as Kelboo, was shot and killed in West Blocton, Alabama, after a dispute with a man he knew, Travis Jermaine Holt. Jackson, a husband and father of three who worked in decorative concrete at the Alabama Pigment Company and attended West Blocton High School, had been involved in a series of hostile encounters with Holt over Jackson’s belief that Holt was withholding information about his wife related to a domestic matter.

On the day of the shooting Jackson went to Holt’s home; an argument and a physical fight followed. Holt, who was legally carrying a concealed firearm, escorted Jackson to Jackson’s running vehicle and demanded he leave. Testimony at trial says Jackson reached into his vehicle and told Holt he was not the only one with a gun. Believing he was in imminent danger, Holt fired, killing Jackson. Holt called 911 and police arrived three minutes later; Jackson was dead and Holt was arrested that day.

A Bibb County Grand Jury indicted Holt for murder in July 2018, and his trial took place in March 2022; after four days of testimony a jury returned a not guilty verdict based on self-defense. Did anyone in West Blocton see or hear anything the afternoon of August 17, 2017 that could shed more light on what happened?