Arrest made in Labor Day homicide in Tuscumbia

TUSCUMBIA – Police Chief Tony Logan announced in a news release this afternoon that an arrest was made in the shooting death of a Tuscumbia man, John Thomas Call.

Richard Kevin Hester arrested for murder

“Richard Kevin Hester age 54 of Sheffield was taken into custody about 330 today by members of the Colbert County sheriffs office, the Tuscumbia police department, Sheffield Police Department and the US marshals regional strikeforce . He was arrested at 45 Little Israel Rd. in Tuscumbia. He was arrested without incident and he is being charged with murder in relations to the shooting incident that happened earlier this week at a residence in Tuscumbia. More details will be forthcoming.” -Chief Tony Logan