Promising young graduate was shot dead by boyfriend's dad during antique gun show-and-tell gone horr

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Promising young graduate was shot dead by boyfriend's dad during antique gun show-and-tell gone horribly wrong, autopsy report suggests

Daily Mail
By NIC WHITE
18 May 2026



A father accidentally shot his son's girlfriend dead as he showed off his antique gun that he did not realize was loaded, a coroner's report alleged.

Whitney Harlow Robeson, 22, died from a single gunshot wound on March 7 at her boyfriend Brandon Towers' home in Trussville, Alabama.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office called the shooting an accidental homicide at the time, until Brandon's father was abruptly arrested on May 11.

Jeffrey Scott Towers, 54, was charged with manslaughter and released on a $30,000 bail hours later, but court documents did not reveal how Robeson was shot.

However, the autopsy report alleged Towers was showing off his antique gun collection when Robeson was visiting Brandon.

Towers was allegedly holding a Colt Navy single-action revolver that he did not realize was loaded, and it went off unexpectedly.

The bullet tore into Robeson's chest, causing a fatal 'injury to [her] left lung, heart, and aorta,' according to the coroner's report.

Robeson, a recent university graduate, had just started as a trade consultant with Restoration Hardware in Birmingham, Alabama, when she was killed.

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What an idiot!

[Smokin Joe]

Four basic rules. One, two, and quite possibly number three were violated.

Sad.

1: Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
2: Never ever point a gun at someone or something you do not want to destroy.
3: Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
4: Know what is behind your target and that it is safe to shoot in that direction.