Crime & Safety
Woman Shot And Killed Outside Midfield Home, Uncle Charged
A woman was shot and killed in Midfield Monday, and her uncle has been charged with the killing.
MIDFIELD, AL -- A woman is dead and her uncle is in police custody after a fatal shooting outside a Midfield home Monday. Anthony Johnson has been charged with the murder of his niece, Tomichael M Sha “Kitty” Alexander.
Alexander, 37, was killed shortly before 8 a.m Monday. Johnson is her uncle by marriage,according to an Alabama Media Group report.
The incident occurred Monday morning in front of a home in the 1500 block of Carol Circle. When Midfield police arrived on the scene, they found Alexander unresponsive in the front yard. She was pronounced dead on the scene at 8:31 a.m.
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Police say the shooting was the result of a domestic dispute. Alexander reportedly arrived at Johnson's home - where Alexander's children live - unannounced, and was denied entry. This allegedly started a dispute between Alexander and Johnson, and Johnson came out of the house with a gun and eventually shot Alexander.
Johnson is being held at Jefferson County Jail.
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