From Staff Reports
BIRMINGHAM – A-34-year old man has been transported to an area hospital with a non-life threatening injury following a shooting just before 9:00 A.M. this morning.
Domestic violence related shooting in Center Point this morning.
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Jefferson County deputies were called to the 100 block of 23rd Ave NE in Center Point to investigate a report of a shooting. Deputies arrives to find a male suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg in the driveway of a nearby residence in the 2200 block of 2nd Street NE.
According to a report by Chief Deputy Randy Christian, the man and a woman at the scene are married and in the process of divorce. The man does not live at the residence, but came by this morning. A fight ensued and the woman shot him in the leg.
The woman remained at the scene and is being questioned by detectives. The investigation is ongoing.
Updates will be provided as they become available.
