From Trussville Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY — A shooting that left two bodies in a car Monday morning at an apartment complex near Springville Road has been ruled a murder-suicide, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Dashia LaShay Abrams, 19, and Austin Dewayne Scott, 21, were found dead inside a car in the 1000 block of Villa Rica Court around 4 a.m. Deputies responded to investigate a report of a man slumped over the wheel of a car in the apartment parking lot.
They arrived to find both Abrams and Scott deceased inside the car. A handgun was found in Scott’s lap. Early information is the two recently became involved in a relationship, and it has not yet been determined what led to the shooting.
22 Comments
Doris Franklin
Really sad to hear.
Georgie Rowan Allen
Heartbreaking for their parents
Ginger Kennedy
This is no where near Center Point it is Huffman which is Birmingham unincorporated Jefferson county you idiot. 1 block from Huffman High school.
Gwen Lackey
Very sad, Praying the families
Susan Thompson Caudle
This was by Huffman High School!
Scott Wheeler
Does it really matter where it was at,Centerpoint,Huffman, Pinson, Your front yard ?? NO IT DOESNT..
two young lives wasted for what? ,money, drugs,custody,relationship problems,, crazy …..
Amanda Roddam
Heartbreaking! Praying for their families and friends.
Ginger Kennedy
No it doesn’t matter but Chris Yow with TT has got something about making Center Point look worse than any place else. It is sad that it happened but they need to put the correct location of where things happen since news media dwells on reporting everything bad and nothing good that happens in other cities. It is heartbreaking for the families to have to keep reading
Scott Wheeler
Well nothing good happens in c’point, It’s why I left the place, Hate it for the family.l
Matt Coleman
Ginger Kennedy they just report the news .and unfortunately centerpoint is in the news at least once a week with a murder .thats less than 2 miles from centerpoint which in my thoughts is near centerpoint just as they reported .im sorry your neighborhood is going to shit ,but it’s just the truth that the news reports .we had a white man charged with sodomy of a 10 year old child in trussville .its not just centerpoint it’s everywhere ,and calling people idiots for reporting true news is not helping anything .what do you want them to do lie about the horrible crime statistics in centerpoint lol
Cindy Buckner
Yeah center point is right up the road!
Cindy Buckner
Center point and Huffman isn’t going to look any worse than they already do!! The residents are the only ones who change that!
Scott Wheeler
You’re right,But they are also the ones who put it in the shape it’s in now
Anne Snider Steward
All of you NEED to wake up. This was a domestic dispute obviously. There have been many of these in Trussville thru the years. It’s between 2 people, not where they live. It’s sad no matter what the age of the couple.
Annette Stansell
Amen Scott. Since yr 2002 Center Point residents allowed Mayor Tom, his wife Betty, Barlow with the 5 council members blessing to spend close to a million dollars for Betty to have a tea party house instead of a police dept to protect citizens. Last Aug 28 2016 CP residents went to the polls & said they want Center Point to continue as it had for 14 yrs without protection, no library & no businesses. Center Point is now too far gone to slow the progress of crime or to make a chg at the polls in 2021. I’ ve been an adult resident for 48 yrs & all we have now are fond memories of once upon a time & pray bullets don’t hit me when buying groceries at Walmart grocery or at Jet Pep where I buy gas or while I watch drug deals on my street. Sad.
Charla Hammell
So is Trussville! The main concern is people being safe.
Haley Appleton Piersol
It’s unincorporated Jefferson Co. Center Point Fire Dept covers this area and the kids here go to Clay Chalkville.
Laurie Pryor Brockman
Channel 42 reported that she was moments from her home. She had just graduated Huffman. Her own neighborhood. Prayers for the families.
Christie Steeley
It’s NOT about where it happened. It’s about two families that are now hurting and in need of our prayers.
Latonya Cox
Taphne Jackson I can’t read it, but here it is.
Lois Grooms
Horrible tragedy!
Tiffany Campbell
Joiel Dawkins