UAB Highlands shooting: Longtime nursing supervisor killed by disgruntled worker

A woman fatally shot at UAB Highlands Wednesday evening was a longtime nursing supervisor who died at the hands of a disgruntled employee.

Nancy Swift, a 63-year-old Mississippi native, was described by those who knew her as a sweet, kind soul. She was a wife and mother who lived in Shelby County with her husband.

The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. in or near Swift's second-floor office near the operating room at the 11th Avenue South facility. Sources say Swift was reprimanding an employee - 31-year-old central sterile supply worker Trevis Devon Coleman - who then brandished a gun and opened fire.

Swift was shot, as was a 28-year-old instrument management supervisor Tim Isley, the son of Springville Mayor Butch Isley. After shooting the two, the suspect then turned the gun on himself and died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Coleman was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:35 p.m. Coworkers said there had been prior problems with him at work.

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