A gunshot ended the life of 27-year-old Richard Heath Hemby at an Albertville apartment complex on Monday, December 18, 2023. Officers from the Albertville Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at the Willow Creek Apartments on Baltimore Avenue and found Hemby had been shot. Initial statements said investigators were speaking with the person who fired the weapon, but that individual’s identity was not released and no arrests were announced at that time.

Hemby, from nearby Guntersville, was remembered by family and friends as a son, brother, father, and friend; a graveside funeral was held at Memory Hill Cemetery. The Albertville Police Department described the homicide investigation as actively ongoing. If anyone has information about the shooting at Willow Creek Apartments on December 18, 2023, please come forward to help the investigation.