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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

National Guardsman, 19, shot dead his wife as she held newborn baby in hospital room

Precious Johnson, 24, and husband, Kynath William Terry Jr., 19, were found dead at the Women’s Center at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Homewood, Alabama Sunday - (Google maps)

An Alabama mother was cradling her newborn baby in a hospital room when her husband shot her dead before turning the gun on himself, in a tragic murder-suicide that has renewed questions about hospital security.

Police were called to the Women’s Center at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Homewood around 9:30 p.m. Sunday after reports of gunfire inside the facility.

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