Police Develop Person Of Interest In Murder Of Hoover Teen

SYLACAUGA, AL - Authorities have developed a person of interest in the shooting death of Hoover teen Casey Nicole Kizer. Kizer was shot and killed in Sylacauga July 27 behind the Home Depot on U.S. 280.

A report by Alabama Media Group said the shooting happened just before midnight that Wednesday. A friend of Kizer's called 911 dispatchers, said that her friend had been shot and they were en route to Coosa Valley Medical Center.

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Sylacauga Police Chief Kelley Johnson told Alabama Media Group that investigators are working to build a case in the teen's death. "I can't disclose anything right now because we don't want to put too much out there,'' Johnson said. "No one is in custody, but we have a person of interest. We're just waiting to be able to make charges."

Kizer, 17, at one point attended Spain Park High School but was not enrolled during the past school year.

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