Husband Fatally Shot Wife at Hospital After She’d Just Given Birth, Then Turned Gun on Himself

The husband and wife were reportedly identified as Kynath William Terry Jr. and Precious Johnson

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Kynath Terry reportedly shot and killed his wife, Precious Johnson, in the hospital shortly after she gave birth
Terry then turned the gun on himself and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The incident occurred at a hospital in Homewood, Ala.

An Alabama man fatally shot his wife shortly after she gave birth before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide.

Police in Homewood, Ala., said they responded to a shooting at Women’s Center of Brookwood Hospital on Sunday, March 1.

Once there, officers discovered that a woman, who was a patient at the hospital, and a man had both died from gunshot wounds. No one else was injured.

Police believe the incident was a murder-suicide.

WVTM, WBRC, and AL.com reported that the two deceased were identified as Precious Johnson, 24, and her husband, Kynath William Terry Jr., 19.

Citing a coroner’s report, WVTM reported that Johnson, who was shot multiple times by Terry, had just had a baby.