Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

John Allen Softley Sr., age 71

Fatally shot on September 23, 2018 in Dora, Alabama.

John was found shot dead in a pickup truck under an I-22 bridge. He was a town council member of Parrish Alabama City Council, and was working part-time as a Jasper Police Department investigator at the time of his death.

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One other person also died in this incident.

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    2 Parrish Alabama City Council not Dora
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    9 what happened? no ones talking...

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