Three killed by gunman after court denies request to seize his guns

Alabama resident Debra Rivera, her husband, and a third man were shot to death on Sunday by Rivera's ex-husband, who later killed himself. Rivera had twice petitioned the court for an order of protection against her ex-husband that included confiscating his firearms, citing a continuous pattern of stalking, harassment, and explicit death threats. The protection order lasted two weeks before being revoked, and the motions to seize his guns were denied both times.

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According to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Darwin Brazier, 43, used a semi-automatic SKS rifle with a high-capacity magazine to shoot his ex-wife and two other victims multiple times and then shot himself to death near his home in Madison County. In addition to 41-year-old Rivera, the Sheriff’s Office said Brazier killed her husband Radex Rivera, 41; and their roommate, Timothy James Hayward-Boger, 59. Deputies responded to a call at 27774 Pinedale Road near Ardmore at 1:44 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement by the Sheriff's Office. The caller "advised dispatchers she had received a text from Brazier saying he had just killed his ex-wife, her husband and a man named Tim and he was going to kill himself," according to the statement. Debra Rivera most recently petitioned Limestone County Circuit Judge Chad Wise for a protection-from-abuse order March 1. Wise granted it on a temporary basis, but on April 10 terminated the temporary order and denied her request for a permanent order. “He calls my husband threatening to hurt both of us,” Rivera wrote in the court filing. “(He) drives by my house all hours of day to check where I am. He is upset I am now married and don’t want to be with him. He has been physical in the past, pulled a gun on me. … I know he has anger toward me and in past has caused physical pain to me.” Rivera said in the petition that Brazier was stalking her and that he called her so frequently that she had to change her phone number. In a one-sentence response, Brazier’s lawyer denied the allegations by Rivera, who was not represented by an attorney. Rivera and Brazier attended a hearing in Wise’s courtroom April 10 and on the same day he issued an order denying the petition. Wise did not return a call Monday.

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