From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
SYLVAN SPRINGS — An identification has been made in the case of a man who the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported was shot by his wife on Saturday, July 14.
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The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the man as Keith Franklin Hilyer, 41. On Saturday night, deputies from the sheriff’s office responded to a report of a woman shooting her husband at the 200 block of Oak Lane in Sylvan Springs.
When they arrived, they found Hilyer dead at the scene. He was pronounced deceased at 8:46 p.m. A 33-year-old woman was taken into custody at the scene.