On the night of April 1, 2016, a dispute on Ross Road in Atmore, Alabama, ended with Waylin Daryl Mothershed, 45, shot dead. Deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched at about 11:15 p.m. and found Mothershed on the ground with a fatal gunshot wound. Nearby sat 49-year-old Jonathan Blake Rager of Jackson, Alabama, and a firearm. Witnesses at the scene said an argument between Mothershed and Rager preceded the shooting.

Rager was taken into custody at the scene and booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on an open count of murder. The case was referred to the Escambia County District Attorney’s Office; court records show Rager was scheduled for the 21st Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket term beginning December 11, 2017.

If anyone witnessed the argument on Ross Road that night or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.