Calhoun County, AL – Per the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office they received calls of two people shot in the area of Highway 278 East close to the Calhoun County line around 10:00pm on March 11th. When deputies arrived the found two males suffering from gunshot wounds. Piedmont Rescue transported one male to a Gadsden area hospital with serious injuries and the other male was taken to a Birmingham hospital by Survival Flight with life threatening injuries.
Etowah County Sheriff’s Investigators and Jacksonville State University Center for Applied Forensics responded and processed the scene and conducting interviews. Further information will be provided in the coming days. This is a fairly large scene with multiple witnesses and investigators are still gathering facts. There is no threat to the community.
