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WSFA 12 News Staff | August 2, 2016 at 3:20 PM CDT – Updated July 24 at 4:08 PM

Suspect in ‘execution’ outside Dothan nightclub arrested

DOTHAN, AL (WSFA) – The suspect in a weekend homicide investigation in Dothan is now in custody and is being held without bond, according to the Dothan Police Department.

Brandon Allen Ransom, 29, is accused of fatally shooting Chris Bailey, 26, outside a nightclub in the 1100 block of Montgomery Highway early Saturday morning.

Capt. Will Benny with the Dothan Police Dept. called the shooting an “execution”. Bailey was shot five times around 1:30 Saturday morning. Benny said the victim was shot once in the arm and once in the leg. “He fell to the ground, and the suspect…stood over and shot him three more times.”

Bailey’s body was found in the Plum’s Lounge overflow parking lot in front of Piggly Wiggly, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.

Benny confirmed both the suspect and victim had been inside the lounge at some point prior to the shooting. “Was it a direct result of the club? Probably not,” he added.

Benny would not comment on a possible motive, though he confirmed it “was not a robbery. He [Ransom] went there to kill this man.”

An investigation is ongoing and more arrests are possible.

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DothanEagle.com
Michele Forehand Aug 6, 2019

Trial rescheduled for Dothan man facing murder charges

second trial has been rescheduled for September for a Dothan man whose first murder charge was dismissed.

Brandon Allen Ransom, 31, is charged with murder in the July 30, 2016, ambush shooting of 26-year-old Christopher “Chris” Bailey. His trial was scheduled to begin the last week of September 2018, but all the state witnesses did not cooperate by attending the trial, and the charge was dismissed by then-Circuit Judge Michael Conaway.

A Houston County grand jury indicted Ransom a second time on the murder charges in November 2018, and Ransom was re-arrested in January.

Ransom’s defense attorney James Parkman entered a plea of not guilty and waived Ransom’s arraignment hearing Feb. 4.

Ransom’s trial, originally set for Aug. 5, is now tentatively scheduled for Sept. 23 before Houston County Circuit Judge Butch Binford.

Dothan Police Investigator Jared Bladen testified during Ransom’s bail hearing, saying police had two eyewitnesses who identified Ransom as the shooter in an “unprovoked ambush attack” outside a local nightclub that left Bailey dead.

Bladen said Ransom shot Bailey as he walked back to his car outside the Plum’s Lounge nightclub located on Montgomery Highway. Police responded to what was initially reported as a critical firearm assault outside the nightclub, and arrived to find the victim dead in the parking lot, Bladen said.

Bailey suffered seven gunshot wounds during the shooting, including one to the head, two to the back, two more to the chest, and another to the arm and leg, Bladen testified.

Ransom is currently out of jail on a $60,000 bond.

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DothanEagle.com
Michele Forehand Oct 23, 2019 Updated Oct 23, 2019

Trial continued for Dothan man charged with murder

A second trial has been continued until December for a Dothan man whose first murder charge was dismissed.

Brandon Allen Ransom, 31, is charged with murder in the July 30, 2016, ambush shooting of 26-year-old Christopher “Chris” Bailey.

Ransom’s trial was scheduled to begin this week, but defense attorney James Parkman III filed a motion requesting his client’s jury trial be continued.

The motion said Parkman did not receive a copy of the trial docket and was scheduled to be out of state Tuesday.

A Houston County grand jury indicted Ransom a second time on the murder charges in November 2018, and Ransom was re-arrested in January.

Ransom previously entered a plea of not guilty.

Houston County Circuit Judge Butch Binford issued an order granting the continuance, and tentatively scheduled Ransom’s jury trial for Dec. 2.

Dothan Police Investigator Jared Bladen testified during Ransom’s bail hearing, saying police had two eyewitnesses who identified Ransom as the shooter in an “unprovoked ambush attack” outside a local nightclub that left Bailey dead.

Bladen said Ransom shot Bailey as he walked back to his car outside the Plum’s Lounge nightclub located on Montgomery Highway. Police responded to what was initially reported as a critical firearm assault outside the nightclub, and arrived to find the victim dead in the parking lot, Bladen said.

Bailey suffered seven gunshot wounds during the shooting, including one to the head, two to the back, two more to the chest, and another to the arm and leg, Bladen testified.

Ransom is currently out of jail on a $60,000 bond.

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