{"id":226415,"date":"2026-03-04T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/husband-shot-wife-in-murder-suicide-just-after-she-gave-birth\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:45:34","slug":"husband-shot-wife-in-murder-suicide-just-after-she-gave-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/husband-shot-wife-in-murder-suicide-just-after-she-gave-birth\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband Shot Wife in Murder-Suicide Just After She Gave Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A murder-suicide is always a tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>But when Kynath William Terry Jr. allegedly marched into the hospital maternity ward and murdered his wife and then himself, he also created an orphan \u2014 and two grieving families.<\/p>\n<p>This is a senseless horror.<\/p>\n<p>Families are scrambling to explain what happened. And the hospital is looking into preventing this from ever happening again.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Precious Johnson and Kynath Terry Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-549825 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped.png 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_04-Cropped.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">24-year-old Precious Johnson had just given birth when her husband, Kynath Terry Jr., allegedly shot her to death before taking his own life.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: WVTM 13)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Sunday, March 1, a horrific shooting took place at Homewood, Alabama\u2019s Brookwood Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was a patient at the hospital\u2019s Women\u2019s Center.<\/p>\n<p>24-year-old Precious Johnson had just given birth. She was the victim, police say, of a murder.<\/p>\n<p>She was the only <em>victim<\/em>. But she was not the only target of gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities report that her husband, 19-year-old Kynath William Terry Jr., also died \u2014 having shot his wife multiple times before turning his weapon on himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Murder suicide at Baptist Health Brookwood shines light on hospital security\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-kCbGsQ4-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hospital maternity wards are not necessarily common sites for a murder-suicide.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that the couple had been having marital difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson reportedly did not want her husband or in-laws present for the delivery.<\/p>\n<p>It reportedly came to a surprise to the aforementioned in-laws that Kynath was violent.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, it is unclear if this murder-suicide was the first incidence of violence or simply the final escalation. In most cases (about 75%) of spousal murder-suicides, it is the latter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kynath Terry Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-549826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kynath Terry Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-549826 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_02-Cropped.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After his murder-suicide, Kynath Terr Jr.\u2019s family appears to have shared photos that remind the world that their loved one was more than just a monster.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: WVTM 13)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naturally, in addition to grieving (and bewildered) family members and loved ones, a man shooting his wife multiple times and then killing himself has shaken the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Danne Howard is the president of the Alabama Hospital Association.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to multiple outlets, including WVTM and WBRC, following this senseless act of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a few places in our world where we should feel safe \u2014 at church, our hospitals, and our homes,\u201d Howard told WBRC. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, things happen and we do not feel safe anymore,\u201d she acknowledged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"The Brookswood Hospital Women's Center, illuminated by police lights.\" class=\"wp-image-549827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"The Brookswood Hospital Women's Center, illuminated by police lights.\" class=\"wp-image-549827 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_05-Cropped.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This news footage shows the outside of the hospital on the fateful night of the murder-suicide.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: WVTM 13)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe want to assure the public that our hospitals and our health care providers consider safety just as important as providing quality health care,\u201d Howard emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>WVTM conducted a walkthrough of the hospital\u2019s maternity area the day after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter and camera operator were not stopped or challenged during their route, despite the presumably heightened sense of alert.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible or even likely that a reporter with a camera operator were noticed but not flagged as suspicious amidst a breaking news story. (That, in and of itself, can be a security concern.)<\/p>\n<p>We can also point out that a casual walkthrough will likely become more difficult in the future, as a direct result of this unthinkable crime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kynath William Terry Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-549828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1200x676.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Kynath William Terry Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-549828 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped-1200x676.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped.png 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0304_kynathterryjr_03-Cropped.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kynath William Terry Jr. had finished his National Guard certification prior to his murder-suicide.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: WVTM 13)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, maternity ward murder-suicides are generally less likely to spawn copycats than other forms of shootings. <\/p>\n<p>The terror of murdering your partner is different than the terror of slaughtering a room full of strangers, even if the two crimes famously overlap at times.<\/p>\n<p>People who murder their partners are often motivated by a sudden change or loss of control, coupled with a fear of how their image or reputation will change.<\/p>\n<p>Was Johnson planning to leave her husband? Had she already left?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the investigation will turn up answers. For now, we\u2019re heartbroken for her, her newborn, and for her entire family that she was unable to leave that marriage alive.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/03\/kynath-william-terry-jr-wife-murder-suicide-maternity-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes A murder-suicide is always a tragedy. But when Kynath William Terry Jr. allegedly marched into the hospital maternity ward and murdered his wife and then himself, he also created an orphan \u2014 and two grieving families. This is a senseless horror. Families are scrambling to explain what happened. And the hospital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-226415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}