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On the night of February 25, 2016, a domestic dispute at a home on Thomas Drive in the Oakman area of Walker County, Alabama, ended with Irvin DeWayne Mayes, 47, shot at about 8:30 p.m. Deputies said he died from the gunshot wound and investigators treated the death as a homicide.

Sheriff’s officials initially released few details, but within days authorities identified Mayes’ wife, Cynthia Mayes, as the person who fired the shot. Deputies said the killing occurred during an altercation inside the house and described three other people as present when the argument escalated; in one account Cynthia Mayes obtained a gun during the confrontation and shot her husband. She was arrested and booked on Monday, February 29, 2016, on a murder charge and reported held on $100,000 bond.

Did anyone in the Oakman area witness the events that night or have information about who else was in the house?