Pregnant ex-Miss America contestants husband, 37, is shot dead

Pregnant ex-Miss America contestant's husband, 37, is shot dead [{ "selector": ".pjzvo-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 433px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

The slain husband of a former Miss America contestant was tragically gunned down in front of his wife and two-year-old son in a rough Alabama neighborhood [{ "selector": ".ckbpk-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 407px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

his friends and family say - just days after the couple celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary. [{ "selector": ".fmtjl-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 472px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

Thomas Hand Jr., 37, who considered himself a born-again Christian, [{ "selector": ".ywkdp-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 428px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

was sharing information about Christianity in the Montgomery area on Saturday with his wife and toddler when a man - mumbling - walked up to him and shot him, his friends told DailyMail.com. [{ "selector": ".kcbui-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

His wife, former Miss Mississippi Christine Kozlowski Hand, 33, confirmed the account in a brief interview with Dailymail.com on Wednesday, saying: 'What you said is true [{ "selector": ".boiye-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

Hand Jr. - a fitness buff and ex-competitive bodybuilder - discovered God in 2018 and soon became infatuated with Christianity. [{ "selector": ".jirvr-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

He and his wife made it a Saturday tradition to visit low-income areas in Alabama and share religious teachings [{ "selector": ".zikmu-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

Additionally, Lee is the first player in program history to score at least 30 points in a single half; she did so in both halves. [{ "selector": ".ptcii-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 387px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

'He tried to spread the word of God, and he was shot,' longtime friend Kevin Rayan told DailyMail.com [{ "selector": ".pdykd-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "500ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 424px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]