HOUSTON COUNTY: 8:42 PM. . Houston County 911 dispatched a “man down” call on Houston County Road 33 and Hodgesville Road.
Responding to the scene, Hodgesville Volunteer Fire Department, Cottonwood Rescue, Houston County Sheriff Department, and ALEA – Troopers. Cottonwood Rescue mutual aid requested Dothan Fire Department to respond.
Multiple law enforcement officers are on the scene. The roadway is closed at this time. A investigation is underway. At this time it is unknown of a motor vehicle accident or a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle.
More details will follow later tonight or in the morning.
UPDATED ON SATURDAY AT 08:15 AM
This accident is under a combined investigation by ALEA Trooper Mosley and Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigation Division.
AT THIS TIME, a white male, 52 year old Scott Spivey, was found deceased on County Road 33 near the railraod tracks between Hodgesville Baptist Church and Hodgesville Road. Mr. Spivey received blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead on the scene by Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd.
Mr. Spivey’s vehicle, as RSN understands from the preliminary investigation, was parked west of Hodgesville Road intersection, in the ditch and in park.
No vehicle that apparently struck Mr. Spivey was present. So this could be a hit and run accident where the person who struck Mr. Spivey left the scene. Or this could be a foul play death. That is the reason for the two agency investigation.
If this is a hit and run accident, ALEA Troopers are the primary investigation agency. which at this time they are the primary investigation agency. If not a motor vehicle accident – pedestrican struck and a foul play death, then Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigation Division will then take the primary investigative agency.
A post mortem examination will be conducted by the Alabama Medical Examineer in Montgomery.
UPDATED @ 10:35 AM SATURDAY
This is NOT the Scott Spivey “currently” employed with law enforcement, in particular Dothan Police Department.
He was a former law enforcement officer but has not been in a number of years.
UPDATED MONDAY @ 06:50 AM
Today the body of Mr. Spivey will undergo a post mortem examination in Montgomery by the Medical Examineer for the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
The scene investigation, Mr. Spivey died from blunt force trauma. The exact cause of the blunt force trauma is unknown. It could be from a severe fall or from a vehicle which struck him.
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION is that Mr. Spivey had left some friends house not long before the incident which caused his death. The truck he was traveling on was parked west of where the death occurred.
Law Enforcement Officers are awaiting the medical examination to help them in determination of what took place.
Both ALEA – Trooper Mosley and Houston County Sheriff Deputies are conducting investigations. Should it be a pedestrian struck by a vehicle the primary investigative agency is ALEA. Should if be foul play the primary investigative agency will be Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigative Unit. That is the reason for the joint investigation.
MORE INFORMATION: Three more Alabama teenagers have been charged with the Pier Park shooting that left three people injured in Panama City Beach Saturday.
18-year-old Kevin Tyron Moore from Dothan, Alabama, was charged with three counts of Attempted Homicide.
15-year-old Jamarion Lamont Baker, from Dothan, Alabama, was charged with Attempted Homicide.
17-year-old Avaughn Ahmad Brown, from Troy, Alabama, was charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Minor, Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cannabis, approximately 68 grams), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Brown voluntarily surrendered to authorities in Troy, Alabama.
Panama City Beach Police Chief Police Chief J.R. Talamantez had stern words regarding the Alabama teenagers causing problems.
“This trash that comes from that area,” Talamantez. He followed up by saying wonderful people are from the Dothan area.
Talamantez did not identify the suspects’ gang affiliation: “They don’t deserve to have their stupid names mentioned.”
He said the shooting at Pier Park was still under investigation, and that the suspects were talking.
“We know who you are, all right?” he said. “These little teenagers, they’re talking, they’re telling us everything we need to know… If you’re in the Dothan, Alabama area and thinking of coming back to Panama City Beach this weekend, you might be doing us a favor because we have arrest warrants for you.”
“The stupidity that you do at your home is not how (you) operate at our home,” Talamantez added. “I don’t know how many times we have to address that this is not the place for this type of behavior. If you commit a crime in Panama City Beach, we will hold you accountable.”
DOTHAN – PANAMA CITY BEACH FL: 12:19 PM Dothan Police Department, joined by Panama City Beach Police Department and the United States Federal Marshals Task Force have taken at least one suspect into custody in Dothan for the Saturday night shooting in Longboards located in Panama City.
Early this morning in a South College Street residence, Isaiah Tyshawn McKenzie, age 19, was taken into custody.
McKenzie has been charged for discharging a firearm from a vehicle within 1,000 feet of a person, possession of a firearm in commission of a felony offense, improper exhibition of a firearm, carrying a concealed firearm, and tampering with physical evidence.
Law Enforcement Officers from Panama City Beach, Florida, have been in Dothan questioning the suspects.
McKenzie will be kept in custody of Dothan Police or Houston County Sheriff pending signing a waiver of extradition. If McKenzie refuses, a Governor’s warrant will be obtained and and he will then go back to Bay County, Florida, to face justice.
IT IS A SHAME AND DISGRACE that young people from Dothan went to Panama City Beach and caused all of this.
GREAT JOB to Panama City Beach Police, Dothan Police Department, and the United States Federal Marshals for the due diligence and work.
DOTHAN: 7:49 PM. Last evening Dothan Police was dispatched to Johnson Homes to a complaint. Once Dothan Police arrived at the call, which was a male with a gun, the suspects fled.
As Dothan Police gave foot chase of the suspect(s) one of the suspect(s) turned toward the police officer and fired shots. By the grace of GOD the Dothan Police Officer was not struck. And the suspect was not struck.
Dothan Police immediately began an investigation. Today the Dothan Police Department took a juvenile in custody.
UPDATE: In a release, Dothan Police confirmed a juvenile was charged with firing a gun at a police officer.
Just before 11 p.m. on April 2, DPD responded to reports of a person with a firearm at North Range Street and Alabama Avenue.
On-scene units discovered a person matching descriptions, who ran away with two other people.
One of those people pointed a weapon at an officer and fired on shot. Fortunately, the officer was not struck and unharmed.
All three initially managed to get away.
Investigators later identified the person who pulled
Two students were taken to the hospital with minor injured after the gymnasium roof collapsed at Dothan Prep. Five students total reported injuries, all minor.
DCS Board Chairman Scott Childers described extensive damage to Dothan Prep, saying it would take time for the school to recover.
Dothan Prep and PASS Academy students will not attend school for the rest of the week
Superintendent Dennis Coe approved a state of emergency for schools affected by the apparent tornado, intended to allow for a faster bid process to make sure repairs can be completed in a timely manner.
Among roofing damage, HVAC systems were damaged; other problems are being assessed, but power is expected to be out in the area of DPA for the next few days.
“I’m so thankful we didn’t have any serious issues or fatalities,” Coe said at last night’s specially-called board meeting. “I’m thankful our folks responded in the way they did.”
A structural engineer will be at DPA today. Roofing crews were on the scene yesterday and will likely be back today.
