F.L. “Bubba” Copeland — mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama and pastor of First Baptist Church in Phenix City — was found dead on Friday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being involuntarily outed as a transgender woman by a local conservative news blog.
According to The Advocate, using information sourced from WRBL, "deputies responded to a request for a welfare check on Copeland, spotting them driving their truck on a county road near their grocery store. Upon attempting to pull Copeland over, they stopped, exited their truck, and fatally shot themself."
