Jacob Daniel Sanes, 34, was shot and killed in the early hours of Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Ace’s Bar and Grill on U.S. Highway 80 in the Ladonia community of Phenix City, Alabama. Gunfire was reported at about 1:00 A.M., and Sanes was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:15 A.M. An autopsy was scheduled with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.

Sanes, born February 28, 1990, at Fort Hood, Texas, was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Afghanistan Campaign and was employed as a maintenance technician for the Fort Moore School District. He was a father of two sons; family described him as caring, kind, devoted to his children, and possessing a great sense of humor.

An arrest was reported in connection with the death: 42-year-old Jeffrey Aaron Spurlock was booked into the county jail on a charge of Homicide-Capital Murder. Does anyone who knew Jacob or was at Ace’s Bar and Grill that night have information to share?