From Trussville Tribune staff reports
A Bessemer man with a lengthy rap sheet is back behind bars and facing a murder charge following a shooting on Monday night.
The shooting happened at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Stop & Go on Dartmouth Avenue in Bessemer.
Shots were fired during a dispute between two men outside of the store. When police arrived on the scene, they found Marcus Dancy, 32, on the ground in the parking lot. He was pronounced dead 8:40 p.m.
Authorities said an argument preceded the shooting. Dancy and another man were bickering when Pratt, a friend of the other man, reportedly pulled out a gun.
Pratt is now being held in the Jefferson County Jail on a $150,00 bond. His previous arrests and convictions over the last 18 years include theft, felony assault and intimidating a witness.