Late on Sunday, December 17, 2023, a fight in the Waffle House parking lot on Centerpoint Parkway in Jefferson County, Alabama, ended in a fatal shooting. Cristall Terrell Hereford, 26, of Huntsville, was killed around 1:30 a.m. after an altercation in which witnesses said Hereford threatened to shoot other patrons. Another person in the lot produced a firearm and shot Hereford. Officers who arrived found no weapon on Hereford’s person.

Detectives identified and located a suspect who was taken into custody briefly and later released. Investigators turned the case file and evidence over to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office for a charging decision. Few other details about the altercation have been released.

If anyone was at the Waffle House that night or has information about what happened in the parking lot, please share what is known.