Two Men Die From Self-Inflicted Gunshots in Rural Baldwin County
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
October 13, 2026
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY, Ala. For the second time in less than twenty-four hours, volunteer firefighters from different departments have been called to a fatal shooting in a rural part of Baldwin County.
On Monday, October 13th, 2026, at approximately 4:40 p.m., the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, EMS and the Crossroads and Whitehouse Forks Fire Departments were dispatched to a shooting.
A medical helicopter was also dispatched to the scene.
When deputies arrived at the residence, they found that the person had succumbed to a gunshot wound.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that the preliminary assessment was that the gunshot was self-inflicted, but an investigation was being conducted.
Less than twenty-four hours earlier, a similar shooting in the Elberta area took the life of another man.
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