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Mt. Vernon, AL (WALA) — Investigators said a man was shot in the head by a stray bullet while he was inside a bar in Mt. Vernon early Sunday morning.
Investigators said Windell Barnes, 39, was at Bar-B-Quing With My Honey on Highway 43 when he was wounded. According to Police Chief Byron Reynolds, the shot was fired when two people were fighting in the parking lot of a store next door to the bar.
Barnes was rushed to a hospital where he later died.
Reynolds said the bullet went through the side wall of the building and hit Barnes in the head just before 1:45 a.m. on January 13.
The chief said one person is in custody. Investigators have not released their name.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said it will be leading the investigation at the request of Mt. Vernon Police.
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