Published: September 21, 2018


A COLBERT COUNTY MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER FOR HE'S INVOLVEMENT IN A MONDAY NIGHT SHOOTING THAT A MUSCLE SHOALS WOMAN DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, BENJAMIN ANDREW DAVENPORT, 30, OF TUSCUMBIA, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AMBER STREITMATTER, 26, INSIDE HER ATTACHED GARAGE. FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THEY HAD GOTTEN INTO SOME TYPE OF ARGUMENT THAT ESCALATED,ā€¯OFFICIALS ADVISE DAVENPORT GOT OUT OF HIS CAR AND SHOT THE VICTIM. BOTH INDIVIDUALS KNEW EACH OTHER BUT WHERE NOT INVOLVED. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE AT THE RESIDENCE ON A.C.CURRY STREET WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AND WERE ABLE TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH INFORMATION THAT IMPLICATED DAVENPORT AS THE SHOOTER.