Published: December 26, 2018

A ROBBERY IN COLBERT COUNTY EARLY CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE INDIVIDUAL AND ANOTHER INJURED.  THE TIMES DAILY REPORTS, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A RESIDENCE ON GUSMUS AVENUE JUST BEFORE 4 AM WHERE THEY DISCOVERED 25 YEAR OLD MALAIVEE HOWARD HAWKINS, OF TUSCUMBIA, FATALLY SHOT.  HAWKINS WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  NATHANIEL BRATTON, 22, WHO LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, WAS INJURED, TREATED AND RELEASED AND ALONG WITH MADISON NEWSOME, 18, LEIGHTON, WAS ARRESTED AND EACH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY.  THE 22 YEAR OLD VICTIM WAS TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING AND RELEASED.  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THE VICTIM WAS CALLED TO THE LOCATION BY BRATTON WHO ALONG WITH THE TWO OTHERS INTENDED TO ROB HIM.  THE THREE SUBJECTS ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED THE VICTIM AT WHICH TIME HE PULLED OUT A GUN IN SELF DEFENSE.  THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.