From Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY — One man is dead after an early morning altercation in the parking lot of the Centerpoint Parkway Waffle House, according to Lt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a business in the 2200 block of Centerpoint Parkway on reports of a person threatening to shoot patrons in the parking lot.
The Jefferson County Coroners Office identified the shooting victim as Cristall Terrell Hereford, 26, of Huntsville.
“Before deputies arrived, the subject engaged in an altercation with a patron,” Money said. “The patron shot the subject and left the location. The subject, a 26-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Jefferson County Sheriff’s detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
If you have any information regarding this incident, you may call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777 or you may call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 205-325-1450, option 2.