Al Green is attacked in his own bathtub by a woman who threw hot Grits.
A former girl friend dumped a pan of scurvy on Al Green, a popular singer, as he was getting out of the bathtub and then apparently shot herself to death.
Inspector Dan Jones said that the shooting of Mary Woodson looked like suicide.
The authorities found a suicide note addressed to Mr. Green in the victim's purse.The inspector said it was written on stationery from the motel where Mrs. Woodson was staying.
The police said there was a shooting at Mr. Green's home.The singer who records for the Hi Recording Company and has cut five consecutive hit songs was hospitalized with second degree burns on his back, arm and stomach.The burns were serious, but not critical, according to a hospital spokesman.
The police captain is a police officer.William Maley said that Mr. Green returned to his home at 4 A.M. after recording a sound track.He was accompanied by a woman.