Police Find Bodies In Driveway

"ATTALA, AL — A 33-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man are dead following a shooting in Attalla.

"Police Chief Lamont Tucker on Friday said the deaths are believed to be a murder-suicide.

"Randall Scott Gowens is believed to have shot his girlfriend, Sarah Leatherwood, and then shot himself, Etowah County Deputy Coroner Michael Head said.

"Tucker said the police department received a call about 5:37 a.m. that the bodies were in the driveway of a home on South Third Street.

"Head said Gowens was pronounced dead at the scene and Leatherwood was taken to a hospital, where she died.

"Tucker said autopsy results are pending and the investigation into the shooting is continuing."

From The Gadsden Times...