By Scott Buttram

TRUSSVILLE –Brittaney Owens, 25, of Trussville, and Troy Green, 29, of Birmingham, are both dead this morning following an overnight murder-suicide.

Trussville police responded to a call on North Lake Drive just past Camp Coleman Road at approximately 2:15 a.m. and found the two victims, both shot, in separate vehicles.

Captain Jeff Bridges said Green, an estranged boyfriend of Owens, had blocked the road with his vehicle and waited for her to return to the North Lake Drive home she shared with her parents. When Owens pulled up in her vehicle, Green shot her twice in the chest before returning to his vehicle and turning the gun on himself. Green was found on the ground beside his vehicle.

Both victims were transported to area hospitals where they were later pronounced dead.

Bridges said there was a history of problems with the couple, who had a 3-year-old child together, stating that Green had been charged with domestic violence against Owens in 2014. Green had also threatened Owens several times in the past.