Demopolis man charged with murder after Friday shooting

A local man faces murder charges after a shooting left one dead Friday. Demopolis Police Department officers responded to a shooting call at 171 Starmont Road in Gallion Friday. Upon arrival, officers located a female suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim, whose name is being withheld pending notification of her family, later died after having been transported by emergency personnel to Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital.

DPD officers later arrested Dalton Martin Jowers, 19, of Demopolis and charged him with murder in the case. Further details are unavailable at this time as the case remains under investigation.