MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — The murder trial against a Fort Payne man began with jury selection on Monday, according to online court documents.
29-year-old Wesley Abernathy was charged with murder in 2021 after what police said was a bar fight led to the shooting.
Joseph Duane Alita, 28, of Albertville, was killed in the early hours of a Saturday morning in March 2021.
The Guntersville Police Department said Abernathy and Alita got into an argument at Stillwater Bar & Grill. That fight continued into the parking lot of a nearby restaurant, Bubba Ritos.
Alita was shot multiple times in that parking lot, police said. Officers found him alive, but Alita later died from his injuries at a local hospital.
Abernathy was booked into the Marshall County Jail on a $50,000 bond. He was indicted for…
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