A reward is being offered for information in the June slaying of a 30-year-old man in Sylacauga.
Gary Earl Stone Jr., known affectionately as Junior, was shot to death about 6 p.m. June 27.
Sylacauga police responded that Sunday to 413 N. Nashville Avenue in the Buttermilk Hill community on a report of a person shot. Once on the scene they found Stone suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Sylacauga officers and Talladega County sheriff’s deputies performed CPR, but to no avail. Stone, who lived in Montgomery, was pronounced dead on the scene.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers on Monday announced a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case. Investigators from the Sylacauga Police Department along with agents from the Talladega County Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, are actively working this case.
According to Stone’s obituary, Stone had a great sense of humor and always made others laugh.
“As an adult, he was a trendsetter. He was always clean from head to toe. After working at Footlocker and Victoria’s Secret, he kept his eye open for all things fashionable. However, Junior was not the selfish type, he would share his shoe collection with numerous friends and family,’’ the obituary reads. “Junior was very talented in the music industry and had a creative eye for new and exciting business ventures. His musical stage name was, SELFMADE JR. With the help of Cameron Hodges, JRoc Howard of Equality Records, and Brandon Sanborn of Sanborn Films, SELFMADE JR musical passions were being shared all over the country. He was just about to blow up.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Sylacauga police at 256-401-2464 or anonymously through tip line at 256-249-4716. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867), 1-833-AL1-STOP or via the P3-tips app.