A domestic-style dispute in the early hours of September 2, 2023, ended in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old James Delaneley Johnson inside a residence on the 1500 block of East 11th Street in Anniston, Alabama. Officers arriving around 5:00 a.m. found Johnson deceased. Investigators say an altercation between Johnson and 43-year-old Derrick Jerome Mathews escalated to gunfire, and Johnson suffered a fatal wound. The circumstances leading up to the confrontation have not been publicly detailed.

Mathews was located and arrested after the shooting and charged with murder; he was taken to the Calhoun County Jail to await bond proceedings. Johnson, born in Anniston on June 5, 1979, was memorialized at a celebration of life on September 16, 2023, and is survived by four children, his mother, a brother, and two sisters.

Does anyone have information about the events that led to the altercation or witnessed activity near East 11th Street that morning?