A 14-year-old has been charged in the shooting death Tuesday of a Mount Vernon woman, according to authorities in DeKalb County, Ala.
Sheriff Jimmy Harris states in a release on the case that the youth was arrested Tuesday after deputies answered a 911 call on County Road 99 at 1:05 p.m. CDT Tuesday.
Kelena Annette Hicks, 38, was found by deputies in the living room of her mobile home suffering from a gunshot wound, Harris said. She was flown to Huntsville Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
District Attorney Mike O’Dell ordered an autopsy and Coroner Tom Wilson delivered Hick’s body to the Alabama Department of Forensics Science lab in Huntsville.
The teen was taken to a detention facility in Anniston to be held pending a court hearing to determine his status for court.