On November 20, 2017, Ricky James McKeithan, a 52-year-old white male from Bessemer, Alabama, was fatally shot in the 1000 block of 12th Street North. Responding to reports of a shooting around 2:30 p.m., authorities found McKeithan, who had been shot multiple times, including twice in the chest. He was transported to UAB Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At the time of his death, McKeithan was a self-employed carpenter, a U.S. Navy veteran, and was engaged to be married. He was also a fat
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