Police continue investigation, man no longer suspected

By Jake Arthur Chief Videographer

“I am very excited about Tippy Hunter taking the general manager’s position,” Kenneth Boone, owner of TPI, said. “She’s a hometown girl who is very involved in our community, and a natural leader to TPI.”

Police are still investigating the fatal shooting in the Wetumpka Walmart parking lot on Jan. 20.

Hunter is a native of Alexander City, a graduate of Benjamin Russell High School and Auburn University, and has been at TPI for 11 years. Before TPI, Hunter worked at Russell Athletic in their merchandising and

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.

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“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 the city took place in 2018.

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“It’s not a good way to start out the new year,” said Benton.

Benton didn’t want to speculate on the