On the night of September 22, 2019, 46-year-old Eddie Wayne Spurlock was shot and killed in Manchester, Kentucky. Officers from the Manchester Police Department and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office responded to a distress call and found Spurlock with a fatal gunshot wound after an altercation that escalated into violence.

Investigators quickly focused on a local man, Ricky Wagers. Following witness statements and leads, authorities located and arrested Wagers and charged him with Spurlock’s murder. The case moved through the legal system and Wagers was convicted; he is serving a sentence in a Kentucky state penitentiary.

What information do readers have about the circumstances that led to the altercation between Spurlock and Wagers?