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Former NASCAR driver killed, ex-wife injured in Athens shooting
John Wes Townley poses with the Keystone Light Pole Award after qualifying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway on August 27, 2016 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/NASC ATHENS, Ga. - A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said.John Wes Townley, 31, died in the shooting at a home on the 200 block of Morton Avenue around 9 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Coroner Sonny Wilson told the Athens Banner-Herald.Laura Townley, 30, was also injured in the shooting.