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25-year-old son shoots and kills his parents during argument at Alabama home, cops say

The 25-year-old man told witnesses he had killed his parents, deputies said.
The 25-year-old man told witnesses he had killed his parents, deputies said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A man is accused of shooting and killing his parents in Alabama, deputies said.

Trinell Brown, 25, was taken into custody on two counts of murder March 18, according to jail records.

Deputies said they responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:30 p.m in Spanish Fort, Alabama, 10 miles east of Mobile, according to a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office news release.

When they arrived, deputies found two adults inside a home with bullet wounds, and emergency personnel declared them dead at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies said the deceased were a couple and the parents of Brown. Brown went to his parents’ house and confronted them about an “ongoing family dispute,” according to deputies.

The sheriff’s office did not specify what caused the argument.

After the shooting, Brown told witnesses he had killed his parents, deputies said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Irene Wright
McClatchy DC
Irene Wright is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter. She earned a B.A. in ecology and an M.A. in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia and is now based in Atlanta. Irene previously worked as a business reporter at The Dallas Morning News.
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