Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley shot to death during domestic altercation

Former NASCAR driver John Wes Townley was shot to death Saturday evening in Athens, Ga., according to Athens-Clarke County police.

Townley, 31, was killed during an altercation involving a woman reported to be his ex-wife, Laura Townley, and another man, Zachary Anderson, with whom she was said to share a residence. After a hatchet was involved during the altercation, police said, the 32-year-old Anderson fired several shots.