On August 26, 2002, in Rutledge, Alabama, a tragic mass shooting claimed the lives of six family members. The victims included 65-year-old Mila Ruth Ball; her daughter, Joanne Ball, 35; her grandsons, Jerry Ball, 19, Tony Ball, 17, and John Ball, 14; and her son-in-law, Willie Haslip, 41. The assailant, Westley Devone "DJ" Harris, was the common-law husband of 16-year-old Janice Denise Ball, another member of the family.
The murders occurred over a span of approximately 10 hours at the
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