Lee County 19-year-old charged with killing his mother Austin Walls is charged with the murder of his mother. (Source: Lee County Sheriff s Office) By Jonathan Grass | February 8, 2021 at 4:27 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 11:04 PM
CUSSETA, Ala. (WSFA) - A 19-year-old is a suspect in a matricide investigation in Lee County.
Lee County deputies say they responded to a shooting call on Lee Road 2085 in northeast Lee County Monday afternoon. They found an unresponsive 49-year-old woman with an apparent gunshot wound to the side of her face.
Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a domestic situation between her and her son, identified by Sheriff Jay Jones as 19-year-old Austin Walls, who lives there with his mother.