From The Tribune staff reports
ORANGE BEACH — Two Cullman County Sheriff’s department employees are dead after a Sheriff Deputy killed a shift supervisor and then himself after an argument escalated to gun violence early Thursday morning, Sept. 7.
According to a press release from Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, deputy Kenneth Booth shot and killed a shift supervisor Lexi White, then took his own life after an argument. The two were in a relationship and were visiting Orange Beach.
The Sheriff Gentry was notified by the Orange Beach Police Department and he then released the following statement on Facebook:
“Our family here at the Sheriff’s Office is devastated. We are all in shock and saddened to our very core. Our hearts go out to the families of all those involved. I would ask that everyone join me in praying for the families, and for everyone here at the Sheriff’s Office,” he said. “Lexi has been a part of the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office since she was 16. She was a charter member in our Youth Leadership Academy, and was involved in every one after that – either as a participant, or coach. There are not enough words to express what she and her family mean to me. I am literally heartbroken. I feel like Lexi is one of my own kids.”