03-07-2025
Woman charged with capital murder after July 2 shooting in Northport
A 47-year-old woman has been arrested after a July 2 shooting that killed a man in Northport.
Joyce Reed was charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. She is being held in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond due to the capital charge, said Capt. Marty Sellers of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit.
At around 7:42 p.m., officers with the Northport Police Department received a report of a man who had been shot in the 11400 block of Fairwood Avenue in Huntington Place. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot multiple times, Sellers said.
The man, later identified as 28-year-old Jermaine Dashun Witherspoon of Tuscaloosa, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.
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Sellers said Witherspoon and Reed were acquaintances who had been involved in a disagreement before the shooting.
Investigators believe Witherspoon was sitting in Reed's car while Reed was standing nearby. According to investigators, Reed shot Witherspoon and there was no evidence that Witherspoon was armed before he was shot.
Sellers said the exact nature of their relationship is still being determined by investigators.
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