SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WRBL) — Investigators believe an argument over a traffic cone led to a deadly shooting of a Smiths Station man Sunday evening.

According to court documents and Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones, deputies responded around 6:32 p.m. on October 19, 2025, to Sawyer’s Mobile Home Park off Lee Road 246 after receiving a 911 call reporting a shooting. Deputies arrived within minutes and found 34-year-old Anthony Hodge, of Smiths Station, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. He later died at the hospital.

A deposition filed in the case outlines what investigators say happened before the gunfire. It states around 6:30 p.m., Anthony Hodge and 20-year-old Jeremy Wiggins were involved in a physical altercation concerning a traffic cone removed from one of their vehicl

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