David HutchinsOne Jackson County, Ala., man is dead and another is behind bars on a murder charge after a shotgun shooting Thanksgiving night in Stevenson.
David Hutchins, 43, of 214 Milltown Circle in Stevenson, went to the town’s police department and reported that “he had shot a gentleman at his residence,” Sheriff Chuck Phillips said Friday.
Christopher Paul Timberlake, 32, of Hollywood, Ala., was found dead on the porch at Hutchins’ home. Timberlake had been killed around 8 p.m. Thursday by a shotgun blast, the sheriff said.
Phillips said the two men fought over a love triangle and gunfire resulted.
The sheriff said others were present at the time of the shooting, including an 11-year-old child. There were no other injuries and there are no other suspects in the slaying, he said.