Man in custody in connection with Priceville murder
Priceville police have arrested and charged Steven Keith Childers, 49, of 170 Girffin Road in Hartselle with murder in connection with the shooting death a neighbor late Tuesday night.
Jeremy Lorance, 35, of 142 Garrison Road was shot in the head with a .22 caliber rife at approximately 11:20 p.m. He was transported to Decatur Morgan Hospital where he later died.
Childers was arrested Wednesday morning and remanded to Morgan County jail under a $25,000 bond.
Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn said Lorance’s body was sent to a state forensics lab in Huntsville for an autopsy.
The shooting occurred outside and stemmed from an earlier argument between the two men, according to a Priceville police officer.