Woman allegedly shot unarmed man to death as he sat in a car in Northport

A woman is behind bars after a deadly shooting in Northport.

Northport police were dispatched at 7:42 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a man shot in the 11400 block of Fairwood Avenue in Huntington Place.

When officers arrived, they found 28-year-old Dashun Witherspoon critically wounded from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center where he died a short time later.

Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit Capt. Marty Sellers said Witherspoon and an acquaintance, 47-year-old Joyce Reed, had been involved in an argument.

“After speaking with witnesses and reviewing evidence, it was determined that as she stood outside her car, Ms. Reed shot Mr. Witherspoon as he sat inside her vehicle,” Sellers said. “There was no evidence that Mr. Witherspoon was armed prior to being shot.”

Investigators are still trying to determine exact nature of their relationship, Sellers said.

Reed is charged with capital murder. She is being held without bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

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