VCU: Tuscaloosa Woman Was Fatally Shot, Ex-Boyfriend Charged with Murder

A woman found dead on the side of Highway 82 near Duncanville Wednesday morning was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend, police believe.

Marty Sellers, the co-commander of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit, said a State Trooper with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency stopped to check on a car parked on the side of the highway around 7:45 Wednesday morning.

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The Trooper found a woman inside with an obvious injury that was ultimately determined to be a gunshot wound.

She was dead when the Trooper arrived on the scene, Sellers said.

The victim was identified as 27-year-old Syibrieka Underwood, a Tuscaloosa woman.

Sellers said evidence and interviews eventually led detectives to develop Underwood's ex-boyfriend, Terek Herron-Antone, as their primary suspect in the killing.

Herron-Antone, a 32-year-old resident of Tuscaloosa County, was interviewed by VCU investigators Thursday afternoon. Eventually, he was charged with with murder and illegal possession of a firearm.

Sellers said police have not yet determined a motive for the crime.

Herron-Antone was placed in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $150,000 bond, and Sellers said additional charges will be filed against him soon that are unrelated to the murder.

Stay connected to the Tuscaloosa Thread for more details on this case if and when they are released.