Alabama Husband Shot Wife Shortly After She Gave Birth, Turns Gun on Himself in Murder-Suicide

Alabama authorities are investigating a murder-suicide after a 19-year-old husband allegedly shot his 24-year-old wife inside a hospital shortly after she gave birth, then fatally shot himself.​

The Homewood Police Department said officers responded to a reported shooting at the Women’s Center of Brookwood Hospital on Sunday, March 1, where they found a woman patient and a man dead from gunshot wounds. Police believe the deaths were the result of an apparent murder-suicide, and officials said no one else was injured.​

Multiple outlets identified the woman as 24-year-old Precious Johnson and the man as her husband, Kynath William Terry Jr., 19. WVTM, citing the coroner’s report, said Johnson had just had a baby and was shot multiple times, according to People.​…

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