On the evening of December 8, 2024, in Atmore, Alabama, 25-year-old Juwan McNeal and his friend, 27-year-old Joe Jones Jr. were ambushed and fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle in the yard of a residence on Ashley Street. Responding officers and medics arrived around 8:15 p.m. and found both men already deceased. Investigators recovered about 20 shell casings around the car.

The killings devastated the community and McNeal’s family. Three days later, McNeal’s 54-year-old father, Scottie McNeil, suffered a fatal heart attack; the family believes the shock and grief over his son’s death contributed to his passing. Juwan McNeal was a father and is survived by a young son named Jordan.

The double homicide remained under active investigation and evidence was sent to a state crime lab for analysis. Does anyone who was in the Ashley Street area that night or who knew Juwan or Joe have information that could help the investigation?