Alabama Man Arrested In Connection To Fatal Shooting Outside Cajun-Style Seafood Restaurant, Police Say

A murder suspect in Alabama was taken into custody in connection to the murder of a man at a Cajun restaurant, authorities said.

Shortly before noon on June 3, Jerry Jewayne Jones, 39, of Birmingham is accused of gunning down 35-year-old Andres James Taylor Johnson in the parking lot outside Seafood King in Homewood during an altercation, police said.

Johnson later died at a local hospital.

The suspect fled the scene in a Ryder box truck and got into a brief police chase but was stopped a short time later, according to Al.com reported.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later determined the victim's cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the chest, the Trussville Tribune reported.

Jones was booked into jail in Homewood but was expected to be transferred to the Jefferson County jail on a $250,000 bond.