Tuscaloosa murder suspect found dead in parking lot from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound
Updated Apr 17, 11:14 PM;
Posted Apr 16, 10:26 PM
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A man wanted for capital murder was found dead in a vehicle parked in a Tuscaloosa church parking lot Friday.
The ordeal began late Thursday night when police were called to Springhill Apartments on 36th Avenue East, said Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor. Omar Childers, 19, was found dead just before 11:30 p.m. inside a parked vehicle. He had been shot to death.
Investigators obtained a warrant to charge his cousin, 26-year-old Darren Childers, with capital murder, Taylor said. Once obtaining the warrant, Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit began looking for Darren Childers but were unable to locate him during the early morning hours Friday.
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Tuscaloosa man wanted for capital murder found dead in church parking lot Share Updated: 12:02 AM CDT Apr 17, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 12:02 AM CDT Apr 17, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Tuscaloosa police are investigating after a man wanted for capital murder was found dead in a church parking lot Friday.TPD Spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor says 26-year-old Darren Childers was found in the driver s seat of a vehicle in the 7400 block of Sanders Ferry Road around 3:06 p.m. Friday. A woman at the church called police to report a vehicle that wouldn t moved when she honked her horn. Police say it appears Childers died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but Alabama s Department of Forensic Sciences is investigating the cause of death.Authorities were searching for Childers after obtaining a warrant to charge him in the death of his 19-year-old cousin, Omar Childer
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