A former NASCAR driver has been killed and his estranged wife injured after he went to a house with an axe before being shot dead by an unidentified man, according to a report.
John Wes Townley, 31, was shot just before 9pm on Saturday in the 200 block of Morton Avenue in the Five Points area of Athens.
The house was occupied by Townley's estranged wife, Laura, and a 32-year-old Dunwoody man, according to local site Classic City News.
