A confrontation at a Shell gas station in Woodville, Mississippi, ended in the shooting death of 36-year-old correctional officer Aronecia Bell. The incident followed an earlier dispute that involved Bell, Tamara Longs, and their respective boyfriends. Longs then drew a pistol, and during an attempt to disarm her the gun fired, striking Bell. Bell’s brother rushed in and was shot in the hand during a further struggle over the weapon. Bell died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Longs went to the sheriff’s station immediately afterward and reported the shooting. She was indicted for first-degree murder and aggravated assault but waived a jury trial. A court reduced the murder count to lesser-included offenses; Longs was found guilty of manslaughter and simple assault and received twenty years in custody for manslaughter with a concurrent six-month term for the assault. An appeal was filed and the conviction was affirmed. Does anyone have additional information about the earlier dispute or witnesses who were at the gas station?