DA: Authorities eyeing revenge motive in courthouse shooting - wreg.com
But it was Wells who Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker said parked at the Madison County Courthouse Monday around 9 a. m. , got out of his maroon Toyota Tundra pickup truck, walked up to the 37-year-old Brown, and shot him once in the chest with... Sheriff’s deputies witnessed the whole thing from a security checkpoint inside the glass-walled, courthouse lobby, and Wells laid down his gun and surrendered as soon as they came out, Tucker said. Why did the 24-year-old Wells shoot Brown. Madison County District Attorney Michael Guest said Monday that authorities are investigating whether Wells was seeking revenge for the Saturday night shooting of his mother, Sherry Wells. Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said Sherry Wells was shot while driving to work Saturday night. She drove to the Canton Police station, about 200 yards across a parking lot from where Monday’s shooting took place, reported the crime, and then was taken to a hospital with a knee injury. Brown said early Monday that Canton police had no suspects. Sherry Wells had been scheduled to testify against Brown. Source: wreg.com
