Husband shoots and kills wife in Alabama, police say. He’s charged

An Alabama man is accused of shooting and killing his wife, police said.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting April 4 at a house in Albertville, about 80 miles northeast from Birmingham, the Guntersville Police Department said in a news release.

There they found a woman who had been shot, police said. She was taken to a hospital where she died.

The Marshall County Coroner’s Office identified the woman in an April 7 news release as 38-year-old Lesley Marie Ward.

Her husband, 34-year-old Steven Ward, was arrested and charged with murder, according to police.

A motive has not been revealed, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

This story was originally published April 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM with the headline "Husband shoots and kills wife in Alabama, police say. He’s charged."

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Natalie Demaree is a service journalism reporter covering Mississippi for McClatchy Media. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s in journalism and political science with a specialization in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas.