Overview
- Homewood police say Precious Johnson, 24, and her husband, Kynath William Terry Jr., 19, were found fatally shot Sunday night inside a room at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital’s Women’s Center.
- No other patients or staff were injured and the couple’s newborn was not in the room, and the hospital returned to normal operations after a brief lockdown.
- Authorities classify the case as an apparent murder-suicide and have not released details on how the firearm entered the facility or what led up to the shooting.
- The Alabama Hospital Association calls such violence inside hospitals extremely rare and says facilities will conduct after-action reviews of security procedures.
- Family members told local outlets the couple had recent marital problems, and Terry’s mother said he had just completed National Guard training.