From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the indictment of Shelby County man for the shooting death of a Bibb County sheriff and the shooting of his partner on Friday, June 16.
Austin Parker Hall is indicted on three counts of capital murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied automobile. The indictment was served at the Shelby County Jail.
Attorney General Marshall’s Special Prosecution Division, in partnership with the Bibb County District Attorney’s Office, presented evidence to a Bibb County grand jury which resulted in Hall’s indictment on the five charges.
If convicted, Hall faces the death penalty or a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for each of the three charges of capital murder. The range of punishment for the attempted murder charge ranges from not less than 10 years to not more than 99 years or life imprisonment. The range of punishment for the discharging a firearm into an occupied automobile is not less than 2 years not more than 20 years’ imprisonment.