A Mobile County judge has ruled there is enough evidence for prosecutors to present a murder charge to a grand jury against an Eight Mile man in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this year.
According to Mobile police, Joseph Smith IV drove to Highland Avenue in the city’s Happy Hill neighborhood in May, where he got into an argument with Jonathan Sanders. Investigators say both men then pulled out guns and exchanged gunfire.
Sanders was killed in the shooting. Investigators say Sanders had been dating Smith’s ex-girlfriend.
Smith has maintained that he acted in self-defense during the confrontation.
A grand jury will now review the evidence in the case and decide whether to formally indict Smith on the murder charge.