Alabama juvenile charged in mother's shooting death

The TBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cookeville.
The TBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Cookeville.

A juvenile in Cherokee County, Alabama, on Friday was charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman found dead at a resident with an apparent gunshot wound.

Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said in a news release that the juvenile was taken into custody Friday afternoon.

Shaver said deputies found the woman after they got to a residence on County Road 19 just after 11 a.m. CDT on Friday.

The victim was not named and there was no further information.

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