Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry released additional details about Monday’s fatal home attack that left a Cullman attorney and another man dead. 

The Cullman County coroner identified the victim who was fatally shot in a Monday home intrusion as longtime Cullman attorney Stephen K. Griffith.

The suspect in Griffith’s death was Patrick O. Walker, 45, of Jones Chapel, according to a news release from Coroner Jeremy Kilpatrick. 

Walker was killed by another occupant at the Vinemont residence, according to Sheriff Matt Gentry.

Griffith, 73, was a attorney with the Griffith, Lowry & Meherg law firm. Gentry said at a Monday news conference that Griffith was shot.

Kilpatrick said both bodies have been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for autopsies.

Gentry has planned a 3 p.m. press conference today to release additional details about the case.

The shooting occurred on County Road 1301 after 5 p.m., Gentry said in a press conference just before 10 p.m. Monday at the Kelley Community Center, near where the incident occurred on County Road 1301. 

“The individual who shot and killed that [assailant] individual was also killed by another occupant at the residence, and at this time my heart and my prayers go out to the family. And that’s all we’re going to release right now,” Gentry said at Monday’s news conference.

The sheriff’s office characterized the homicide as an isolated incident and said there should be no ongoing threat to residents in the vicinity of the crime scene. 

The partners at Griffith, Lowery & Meherg issued a statement today on their Facebook page about the death of their senior partner.