On the morning of June 17, 2016, police were called to a Herbert Street residence in Demopolis, Alabama, and found 40-year-old Joseph Shane Goodwin with a fatal gunshot wound. The Marengo County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene. An autopsy was scheduled with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to determine the official cause of death.

Goodwin was the minister of the First Christian Church, an umpire for the youth baseball league, and director of the supervised alternative placement program for Demopolis City Schools. His death stunned the community given his involvement in faith and youth programs.

Investigators took a juvenile into custody in Lauderdale County, Mississippi; the suspect was identified as Goodwin’s son and was extradited to Marengo County to face a murder charge. Does anyone have information about Goodwin, his work in Demopolis, or the events that night?