Singer Randy Howard killed in gunfight with bounty hunter

New York: A country music singer was killed in a shootout with a bounty hunter trying to detain him for skipping a court appearance, authorities said.

Randy Howard was inside his Lynchburg, Tenn. Home on June 9 night when an attempt to take him into custody led to gunfire, a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman said, reported the New York Daily News.

The 65-year-old "All-American Redneck? singer, who had reportedly performed with country stars Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, opened fire at bounty hunter Jackie Shell.

Shell, a former sheriff's investigator who was working for A Plus Bail Bonding in Dunlap, fired back, fatally striking Howard.

Shell was also injured in the gunfight, TBI spokesman Josh DeVine said.

Howard's arrest warrant was for fourth-offense DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and driving on a revoked license, DeVine said.