On February 25, 2003, a mass shooting at a temporary employment agency in Huntsville, Alabama, left four men dead and another wounded. Benjamin Ferguson, 47, was shot and killed as he tried to flee the building, struck while descending the agency’s front steps. The attack began after an argument reportedly over a CD player; witnesses said the gunman, identified as 23-year-old Emanuel Burl Patterson, made a remark about settling the matter before opening fire.

Inside the lobby, Billy Knox Jr., 22, and his father, Billy Knox Sr., 61, were killed. David Seiler, 46, was shot on the steps and later died at a hospital. Royce Henderson, 46, survived after being shot in the leg, and a woman present escaped when the gun reportedly misfired as the shooter turned it on her. Patterson fled, then barricaded himself in his apartment; after an eight-hour standoff in which he allegedly fired at officers, he surrendered. The Madison County district attorney indicated capital murder charges were likely.

If anyone knew Benjamin Ferguson or witnessed the shooting at the employment agency that day, please share what you remember.