Cop accused of shooting pregnant girlfriend in head in car then saying she had committed suicide

An Alabama police officer was accused of fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head and then calling 911 to say she had committed suicide.

David McCoy, 29, a former Huntsville police officer, was indicted March 24 on capital murder charges in the 2022 shooting death of his girlfriend Courtney Spraggins and their unborn baby.

Investigators allege McCoy shot Spraggins in the head while they were in a car parked outside his Huntsville apartment on January 7 of last year, WHNT reported.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found Spraggins shot in the head in the driver’s seat.

McCoy told responding officers, “I think I’ve seen her once” and that it looked like she had killed herself.

Investigators allege that McCoy shot Courtney Spraggins (pictured) in the head while they were in a car parked outside her Huntsville apartment on January 7 of last year, WHNT reported.

He was not on duty at the time of the shooting and later told investigators that he did not know her.

McCoy is charged with three counts of capital murder, according to the March 24 indictment.

He is accused of killing a person inside a car, killing a person and their unborn child, and killing a person under the age of 14, referring to the unborn child.

A hearing in the case is set for April 4.

McCoy had called the non-emergency police line to see if he had received any reports of gunshots in the area and told dispatcher that he had woken up to the sound of a small-caliber weapon.

Investigators at the scene found a photo of McCoy inside Spraggins’ car, as well as text messages on his phone indicating how the event had occurred.

Investigators said Spraggins quit her job in December and arrived in Huntsville on December 17 to move in with McCoy, but he told her he “needed more time.”

At the time, investigators said Spraggins drove from Huntsville to Maryland.

Investigators described a text message exchange between the two at the time in which Spraggins asked McCoy what he was supposed to do, and he replied: “A bullet to the head is fine with me.”

The apartment complex, between Nance and Hughes Roads, north of Highway 72, has a Madison mailing address but is within the jurisdiction of the Huntsville police.

McCoy lived at Weston Ranch and sometimes worked there as a courtesy security officer, investigators said.

Investigators pointed to the unusual series of events that led to McCoy’s arrest.

Spraggins arrived in Huntsville on January 7 and was brought to the gate of the complex by McCoy at 8:04 a.m., according to Special Agent Brittany Hayes of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA).

When officers arrived on the scene, they found Courtney Spraggins (pictured) shot in the head in the driver’s seat.

An ALEA investigator testified that McCoy and Spraggins went for a ride in their truck and returned to the apartment complex around 9:40 a.m.

She said McCoy told several stories during her eventual interview with police.

The last version she gave was that Spraggins got out of the truck and got into her car.

He apparently told Hayes that he did not remember how quickly the shooting happened and only remembers running with the gun to his apartment.

After the shooting, McCoy changed his clothes and tossed his gun in the closet, according to Hayes.

In the latest version of his story, McCoy said that after hearing the sound of a small-caliber firearm, he hung up the phone and went downstairs to take a look.

When investigators arrived at the scene, they saw a photo of McCoy in the car.

Sources say investigators found text messages on the victim’s phone, giving them more details about how the incident occurred.

Responding officers found a photo of McCoy on the visor of Spraggins’ car and questioned him for five hours.

At the end of his interview, McCoy said, “I did it,” according to testimony at his preliminary hearing.

Investigators said McCoy tested positive for gunshot residue and discovered a handgun that was not his service weapon, as well as Spraggins’ locked phone in a closet in his apartment.

Investigators said that due to the number of incorrect password attempts on Spraggins’ phone, investigators are still unable to access it.

Three days after the shooting, Mark McMurray, Huntsville’s police chief at the time, announced that McCoy was “no longer a police officer or employee of the City of Huntsville,” AL.com reported.