An Alabama father was arrested for manslaughter after allegedly shooting his son's girlfriend by accident.
Jeffrey Scott Towers, 54, was arrested by the Trussville Police Department on Monday for the killing of 22-year-old Whitney Robeson, a Virginia native.
Police said that the shooting took place on May 7 around 9.30pm, when they responded to a report of a person suffering from a gunshot wound on a residential block in Trussville, a city just northeast of Birmingham.
Officers located Robeson in Towers's home, and she was transported to a nearby hospital, UAB-St Vincent’s East, where she was pronounced dead at 10.49pm, according to AL.com.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office ruled the young woman's death as accidental, but further details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting and how it was an accident have not been made public.
An 'extensive investigation' was conducted by the Trussville Police Department's Criminal Investigations Unit, and detectives obtained and served an arrest warrant for Towers on Monday.
The father was charged with manslaughter and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a $30,000 bond at 7.02pm.
He posted bail and was released the same day at 11.32pm, according to the jail's records.
Jeffrey Scott Towers, 54, was arrested on Monday and charged with manslaughter for the alleged accidental killing of his son's girlfriend
Towers's alleged victim is 22-year-old Whitney Robeson. The coroner's office ruled her death as accidental, but details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting were not released
Towers's attorneys, John Amari and Dain Stewart with the Amari Law Firm, have maintained their client's innocence.
'What happened to Ms. Robeson was a tragic event,' the lawyers told AL.com in a statement.
'While we understand that the justice system must play out, we know that the facts will show that Mr. Towers has no criminal history, has been a productive and upstanding citizen for his entire life and is not guilty of these charges.'
A court date has not yet been scheduled for Towers, according to Jefferson County Jail records.
In her obituary, Robeson was described as having, 'inimitable grace; keen, quiet attentiveness and loyalty; boundless generosity and an uncanny way of always knowing just what she needed to do.'
The young woman had recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Auburn University, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority and earned a degree in interior design.
Just weeks before she died, Robeson had begun working as a trade consultant at Restoration Hardware with the aim of building a career in interior design.
'In the precious little time she had been in that role, Whitney's new colleagues and supervisor were instantly taken by her kindness, talent, attentiveness, and integrity,' the young woman's obituary said.
Robeson had recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Auburn University and was beginning a career in interior design. She is pictured (center) with friends
Police found Robeson shot on this residential street in Trussville, Alabama. The exact address was not released, and the house pictured is just one of many on the block
'To have known Whitney, no matter where, how, why, or for how long, is to have been touched and transformed by her radiant soul.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Trussville Police Department and the Jefferson County Coroner's Office for comment and additional details.