COTTONDALE, Alabama — A man was charged with murder following the fatal shooting of his girlfriend’s estranged husband in Cottondale Saturday night.
William Robert Mitchell, 27, is accused of killing Jeffrey Neil Grant, 41, at Grant’s wife’s house in the 500 block of Jenean Street in Cottondale, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Loyd Baker.
Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shooting call at the house at 9:18 p.m. and found Grant lying on a bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to his chest, Baker said. Grant was transported to DCH Regional Medical Center and died shortly after arrival, Baker said.
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Homicide investigators learned that Grant, who separated from his wife earlier in the year and was living in South Alabama, was back in town for his daughter’s birthday party.
Mitchell, who had been dating Grant’s wife, was angry that Grant was at her house and entered the house by force, Baker said. Mitchell pushed her down and slapped her before going to a bedroom in the house, Baker said.
Grant followed Mitchell to the bedroom, where Mitchell picked up a gun and shot him, Baker said.
Mitchell left the house and called the Sheriff’s Office from another location. He later turned himself over to deputies.
Mitchell was charged with murder and third-degree assault/domestic violence and transported to the Tuscaloosa County Jail. Total bond was set at $76,000.
