On a Friday night in Atmore, Alabama, an argument between two men escalated to a fatal conclusion, leaving one man dead and the other facing a murder charge. Waylin Daryl Mothershed, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, was shot and killed on April 1, 2016. The incident unfolded on Ross Road, where deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office were dispatched at approximately 11:15 p.m.
Upon their arrival, law enforcement discovered Mothershed on the ground, having sustained a fatal
gunshot wound. Nearby, they found 49-year-old Jonathan Blake Rager of Jackson, Alabama, sitting on the ground close to the victim and a firearm. According to witnesses at the scene, an argument between Mothershed and Rager preceded the shooting.
Rager was taken into custody at the scene and subsequently charged with an open count of murder. He was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton. The case was then handed over to the Escambia County District Attorney's Office for prosecution. Court records indicate that Jonathan Blake Rager was scheduled to appear on the 21st Judicial Circuit Criminal Docket for Escambia County for a term beginning on December 11, 2017. However, the final disposition of the murder charge against Rager is not detailed in the publicly available online sources.
