A Sunday afternoon shooting in west Tuscaloosa killed 62-year-old Joseph Earl Miller at his home in the 3200 block of 18th Street. Police found Miller deceased from fatal gunshot wounds on March 9, 2025; his death was recorded as the city’s fifth homicide of the year.

Investigators identified 41-year-old Andrew Wayne Hollie as the primary suspect. Hollie was reportedly in a relationship with Miller’s daughter and had allegedly been threatening and abusive toward her and Miller in the week before the shooting. It is believed Miller died while defending his daughter. Hollie fled after the shooting but was located early the next morning by the U.S. Marshals Task Force, booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond, and charged with capital murder after investigators executed search warrants and interviewed witnesses.

Funeral services for Joseph Earl Miller were held on March 22, 2025, and he was buried in West Highland Memorial Gardens. Does anyone in the west Tuscaloosa area have information about the events leading up to March 9?