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On November 24, 2021, 80-year-old Samuel Owens Bell Jr., a security guard at the Blue Creek Strip Mine in Jefferson County, Alabama, was found deceased from a gunshot wound near the mine site. His body was discovered by contractors arriving for work around 6:40 a.m. Earlier that morning, at approximately 1 a.m., another security guard, aged 44, was shot and injured at the same location. This guard managed to drive himself to a different location to seek help.

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Victim Details

Samuel Owens Bell

Male

Black / African American

Jefferson County

AL

2021-11-24

80

Samuel

Owens Bell

Primary Suspect Deceased

11/14/2025