Motorists’ Fight Leads to Murder Indictment

Nov. 20, 2020 – A 27-year-old man has been indicted in the fatal shooting of another man after an argument in September at a gas station turned physical, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A grand jury indicted William L. Mitchell on a count of second-degree murder. He is free on bond.

The incident occurred on Sept. 9, 2020, at a gas station in the 3600 block of Summer Avenue when Mitchell and another motorist, Austin Norfleet, 31, exchanged angry words over one another’s driving.

The two men began fighting, and Mitchell then pulled a handgun and shot Norfleet once in the chest.

The case is being handled by Felony Asst. Paige Munn of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 6 which prosecutes cases in General Sessions Division 15 and in Criminal Court Division 10.