From Tribune staff reports
IRONDALE — The Irondale police are investigating an incident they believe is a murder-suicide that occurred on Friday, leaving two people dead.
Jennifer Lee Salvadori, 52, of Irondale, was identified as the homicide victim, according to Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates.
Yates said Billy Code Jewell, 51, of Springville, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Salvadori was one of two persons found unresponsive inside an apartment by police performing a welfare check at the request of a coworker, Yates said. An autopsy found the decedent sustained a gunshot wound injury due to an assault.
Yates said Jewell sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The death is being investigated as a suicide.
Officers responded to a call at 9:15 a.m. of a person down inside a residence, according to Irondale PD Lt. Jason Hill.
The incident occurred at Colonial Village Apartments at Trussville which is located at 300 Meadow Drive just off of Edwards Lake Parkway. Despite the name, the apartment complex lies just inside the Irondale city limits.
“Irondale Police Detectives were called and began an investigation into the deaths of two people inside the residence,” Hill said. “The investigation is ongoing, but detectives advised that the case appears to be a murder-suicide between two people that were in a dating relationship.”