Stanley Gene Bridgmon, 37, was shot and killed in Eutaw, Alabama, on Thursday, November 3, 2016. The Eutaw Police Department opened an investigation after the fatal shooting. Witnesses at the scene gave accounts suggesting the shooting may have been accidental, but few details about where or how the shooting occurred were released publicly.

A funeral service was held Saturday, November 12, 2016, at New Generation Church in Eutaw, with burial at Zion Friendship Memorial Gardens. No information about persons of interest, suspects, arrests, or formal charges was included in the available reports. There remain unanswered questions about the events that led to Bridgmon’s death; anyone with information about the shooting is urged to come forward.