A domestic disturbance call in Moody, Alabama, on the night of January 22, 2024, ended in a fatal shooting inside a home on Argo Margaret Road. Officers found 61-year-old John D. Bowlin dead from a gunshot wound; his 60-year-old wife, Connie Bowlin, had also been shot and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

Police identified the couple’s 35-year-old son, John Adam Bowlin, as the alleged assailant. The St. Clair County SWAT team located and arrested him in the early hours after the incident; he was booked into the St. Clair County Jail and later charged with murder and attempted murder. A court hearing set bail at $500,000.

John D. Bowlin had worked for Southern Research Institute for 27 years and was remembered as a grandfather. Who in the community might have information about what led to this family violence?