Ft Payne Police have now released the name of the person shot and killed on Sunday morning in the 1000 block of Gault Avenue North.

Police Chief David Davis said at around 9:30 that morning, his department received a call reporting shots being fired at that location and law enforcement arrived to find a male subject dead.  He was identified as 44 year old Randell Jerome Meyers, of Mount Vernon.  Chief Davis said that a person involved in the altercation has been interviewed – and, he stressed it appeared to be an isolated incident – with there being no danger to the public.

An on-going investigation is being conducted by the Ft Payne PD’s Detective Division, DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, and the JSU Center for Applied Forensics.

No additional information is being released at this time.