Man pleads guilty to gun charge involving mass shooting at Tuskegee University
A man who investigators say was at the scene of the mass shooting at Tuskegee University last year has pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge.
25-year-old Jaquez Myrick of Montgomery pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Kelly Fitzpatrick Pate. His sentencing is scheduled for May 20.
Investigators say Myrick was found with a handgun that had a machine gun conversion device leaving the scene of the shooting.
The mass shooting happened on the Tuskegee University campus on November 10, 2024. 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson of Troy was killed in the shooting that injured 16 people, 12 of them suffered gunshot wounds. The shooting happened during the weekend of the school’s 100th homecoming celebration. University officials say Johnson wasn’t a student at the school.
Myrick was not charged with shooting Johnson.
A second person also faces charges related to the shooting. 20-year-old Jeremiah Williams is charged with illegally possessing a machine gun.
ALEA is asking for the public’s assistance in this case. Anyone with information is asked to please submit tips at 1-800-CALL-FBI and upload any digital files regarding this incident online at: fbi.gov/tuskegeeshooting24.
