From The Trussville Tribune Staff Reports
CLAY — A homicide occurred on Yellowhammer Drive just before 3:30 p.m.
A man called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to say he’d shot his girlfriend, and when investigators arrived on the scene, they found a female victim dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
The alleged suspect remained on the scene until investigators arrived, and was taken into custody. Two small children were also on the scene of the shooting, but according to Sgt. Jack Self, they were unharmed.
The investigation is ongoing and the identity of the victim is being withed pending notification of next of kin.