On the night of July 3, 2017, a robbery at the Hook-Up Barber and Style Shop in Prattville, Alabama, ended in a triple homicide that included 56-year-old Eddie Dean Scott. Two armed men entered around 10:30 p.m.; one, known to those inside, was admitted after knocking. According to witnesses, the pair announced a robbery, and during a struggle Scott grabbed a shotgun held by one of the assailants. The other man then fatally shot Scott in the head with a handgun. Two other men, 50-year-old Al Seals Benson and 46-year-old Anthony Smith, were also shot; one was found dead inside the shop, another died after being pursued into a neighboring convenience store parking lot, and the third died en route to the hospital.

Keon Deshon Cain was arrested July 5, 2017, and charged with three counts of murder; Marty Morgan was later arrested. Both men were indicted on two counts of capital murder, one count of burglary, and seven counts of armed robbery. In April 2018 Morgan pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, and Cain sought youthful offender status; the District Attorney’s office was reported to be considering the death penalty. Anyone who knew Eddie Scott or witnessed the events that night is asked to share what they know.