US EditionSports Reporter and Her Husband Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide, Officials Say
Authorities describe the deaths as an apparent murder-suicide; a 3-year-old child in the home was unharmed, police said.
- On Tuesday morning, Christina Chambers, former WBRC sports reporter, and her husband were found dead in their Hoover, Alabama home in an apparent murder‑suicide, police said.
- Chambers joined WBRC in 2015 and freelanced on the Sideline program through the 2025 season, covering high school football and UAB sports.
- A family member discovered the victims around 9 a.m. and called police; Hoover Police Department officers and medics found both adults with gunshot wounds and pronounced them dead at the scene.
- Police said a three‑year‑old child in the home was unharmed, and WBRC colleagues including Jeh Jeh Pruitt expressed grief, recalling Chambers' warmth and recent contact at the Super 7.
- Before joining WBRC, Chambers worked at WLTZ NBC38 in Columbus, Georgia and Comcast Sports Southeast, and was a four-year Division 1A athlete at UAB with a B.A. in journalism.
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