By Associated Press - Monday, January 2, 2017

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say an Alabama man is accused of killing another man by throwing him off a second-story balcony.

Huntsville police Lt. Stacy Bates says that 61-year-old Larry Petty of Huntsville is charged with murder in the death of Winslow Brandon on Christmas Eve.

Al.com reports (https://bit.ly/2iHBvpW ) that police responded to an apartment complex on a call that someone had fallen from a second-floor balcony.



Investigators say it appears the two men were in an altercation and Petty threw the victim over the railing.

It wasn’t known Monday whether Petty has an attorney who could be reached for comment.

The police investigation is continuing.

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