Calvin J. Ray

In the quiet town of Columbiana, Alabama, a family was irrevocably fractured by violence on the evening of February 23, 2019. On that Saturday, at approximately 9:07 p.m., the tranquil facade of a home in the 3700 block of Shelby County Highway 77 was shattered by a domestic dispute that escalated to a fatal conclusion. Nineteen-year-old Calvin J. Ray was found deceased by Shelby County Sheriff's deputies who were responding to a report of a shooting.

The investigation that unfolded paint ...