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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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Samuel Owens Bell
Male
Black / African American
Jefferson County
AL
2021-11-24
80
Samuel
Owens Bell
Primary Suspect Deceased
11/14/2025



