On the afternoon of Monday, September 10, 2018, 62-year-old Jack Eugene Blanks was shot and killed during a confrontation at a home on Doss Drive in the Shannon community of Bessemer, Alabama. Blanks had arrived at the residence with another man and a woman; an argument with the homeowner, 35-year-old Jason Kevin Henderson, escalated and Henderson produced a firearm, shooting Blanks and the other man.

Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrived about 2:20 p.m. and found Blanks dead from apparent gunshot wounds. The second man was wounded and taken to a hospital. The woman who had been with the visitors initially fled but was later located and interviewed. Henderson stayed at the home and was taken into custody for questioning.

Two days later, on September 12, 2018, arrest warrants were issued charging Jason Kevin Henderson with the murder of Jack Eugene Blanks and the attempted murder of the other man; he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $750,000. Does anyone have additional information about Blanks or the events that afternoon?