Pair Dead After Domestic Incident

"ROGERSVILLE, AL — A man authorities say shot and killed his girlfriend and then shot himself Sunday night has been pronounced dead at Huntsville Hospital, officials said this morning.

"Lauderdale County Coroner Andy High said hospital officials confirmed that Christopher Ryan Fincher, 33, Rogersville, died this morning. He had been in critical condition at the facility’s neurological intensive care unit since Sunday night.

"Fincher is accused of shooting Trinity Dawn Glass Sledge, 29, 11562 Lauderdale 92, Rogersville, during a domestic incident that happened around 8 p.m. Sunday.

"Sledge and Fincher were flown to Huntsville Hospital. Sledge died at the hospital around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, according to High.

"Law enforcement officials said Sledge and Fincher were both shot once in the head with a .380-caliber pistol.

"Investigators said Sledge and her 10-year-old daughter had returned from church and were preparing to eat dinner when Fincher showed up.

"They said Sledge told her daughter to go to the neighbor’s house. Before she left, however, Fincher shot her and then himself.

"The girl was at the neighbor’s house when deputies arrived."

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