WOMEN’S CONFERENCE ‘BREAKS THE MOLD’

By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer

The Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce reIMAGINE Women’s Summit did what it was supposed to do — inspire women.

More importantly, inspire women to break the mold. Chamber Executive Director Shellie Whitfield hoped the summit would show attendees, especially women, they are not stuck in stereotypes.

Police were dispatched to the parking lot around 10:45 p.m. for a “shots fired” call.

Once there, they found Centell Winston, 42 of Tallassee, dead of a gunshot wound in the driver seat of his vehicle.

According to Wetumpka police chief Greg Benton, this was not a random shooting.

“This was not random, not a random act,” said Benton. “We believe the victim and the perpetrator knew each other.”

This is the first homicide in Wetumpka in over three years. The last homicide in

“It’s not a good way to start out the new Benton didn’t want to speculate on the