TUSCUMBIA– Authorities have identified the victim of a Labor Day homicide at a home on the corner of John Street and Hobson Street.
According to Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan, John Thomas Call Mansell, 34, was murdered in a truck behind the home.
Sources close to the situation tell ShoalsInsider.com, a man named Kevin Hester is being sought after as a possible suspect and Hester’s girlfriend is reportedly in custody. Police are reportedly conducting a statewide manhunt for Hester.
Hester reportedly shot Call behind the home in an ambush-style attack.
According to courthouse records, Hester has an extensive criminal history.
Call-Mansell’s body has been taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy.
