Athens, Alabama

From Huntsville’s WAFF.com of January 14, 2007

Neighbor gives account of Athens shooting

The WAFF 48 Investigators are uncovering new information about a shooting that left one man dead.

It happened Saturday night on Scotland Drive in Athens just before six o'clock.

An autopsy will let detectives know how many times the victim was shot and should also help them determine if this shooting was in self defense.

The man police believe shot 20-year-old Kelvin Brown has not been charged at this time.

Sunday, The WAFF 48 Investigators returned to the scene and caught up with the man who heard the shots and discovered Brown had been injured.

Fred Houston was getting ready to go to church late Saturday afternoon.

Houston says, "I heard two to three shots."

He walked WAFF 48 Investigator step-by-step of what happened afterward.

When asked his reaction to hearing the gunshots Houston responds, "I mostly got upset."

"I came out the side door, coming around here, a friend of mine told me he had been shot so I came around here and watched him, he was laying... he was laying out in the area right here," he adds.

Backtrack to Saturday, Athens Police say two men, who according to friends knew each other, got into an argument.

When police pulled up they found 20-year-old Brown had been shot.

We've learned he had three wounds in all.

A man who lives on Scotland Drive, across the street from where brown was found, was questioned by investigators.

At this time, police have not filed any charges.

They are looking into the possibility of self-defense.

From the Decatur Daily News of January 16, 2007

Shooting appears self-defense

Tragic news came to Glenn Brown on Saturday with a knock at his door.

A neighbor ran to Brown's home to tell him his 20-year-old son, Kelvin Lynn Brown, was lying shot nearby.

His son died from the wounds.

"I never imagined to hear news like that," Glenn Brown said Monday.

The unnamed man who shot and killed Kelvin Brown apparently was acting in self-defense, Athens police Capt. Marty Bruce said.
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Bruce said Kelvin Brown was at the Scotland Drive resident's home, and the resident asked Brown to leave.

"They began arguing because Brown wouldn't leave," Bruce said.

Both men had weapons, Bruce said. The Scotland Drive resident had a 9 mm handgun and Brown a .25-caliber handgun. The shooting occurred in the driveway.

"Witnesses say Brown shot first," Bruce said. "Self-defense is a factor."

Brown did not hit the Scotland Drive resident, Bruce said.
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Bruce said police will tell the grand jury what investigators uncovered about the shooting, and the grand jury will determine if the evidence warrants a charge against the Scotland Drive resident.