From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Uniontown family is reaching out to the public for information following a fatal hit and run that claimed the life of a family member. Forty-three year old Leroy “Nate” Walker was killed about three weeks ago on the 800 block West Avenue. “Somebody just hit him and kept going without any remorse. They just…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A murder investigation is underway in Selma after a fatal shooting in the city Saturday night. Sgt. Beauty Benjamin says the shooting on the 1500 block of Martin Luther King Street at around 10 pm. She says officers responded to the area and found a crashed vehicle with a 19 year old man inside. The…
SELMA, Ala. (WAKA) – More details have emerged about a fatal head-on collision that happened Tuesday afternoon in Selma. The man killed in the crash has now been identified — as 47 year old Terrance Hunter of Selma. Sheriff Mike Granthum says Hunter was fleeing from deputies at the time of the crash — after refusing to pull over during a…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A fatal domestic violence incident over the Labor Day weekend — stuns people around the Selma community. A 911 emergency call Saturday lead authorities to a house on the 300 block of Old Marion Junction Road where they found two people dead. District Attorney Robert Turner, Jr. says the incident appears to have been a…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating the Queen City’s 6th homicide of the year following a fatal shooting Sunday night. The victim in the shooting was a 15 year old juvenile — whose name has not been released by authorities. Lt. Ray Blanks says the shooting happened at around 8:30 Sunday night — at a birthday party…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma man is convicted on multiple charges — in a fatal shooting at a Selma gas station. Jimmy Lee Tyus was convicted of murder — two counts of first-degree assault — and shooting-into-an-occupied-vehicle Thursday — by a Dallas County jury. Tyus killed 26 year old Earnest Daniels III — at the Raceway Gas Station…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– One man is dead. Another is seriously hurt. And the suspect is on the run from authorities — following a shooting in Dallas County. The shooting happened Sunday at a house on the 8500 block of County Road 189 in Marion Junction. Sheriff Mike Granthum says 18 year old Cedric Long — is wanted for…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are investigating the murder of a Selma woman — who was shot to death Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened on the 1500 block of Tremont Street. Lt. Ray Blacks says 32 year old Jasmine Callens died from a gunshot wound. He says detectives are investigating — but no arrests have been made in…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A fatal accident on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge — claims the lives of two Selma women early Sunday morning. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford says the accident happened at around 12:50 in the morning. He says 45 year old Natasha Blevins Hall — and 32 year old Ashley Lewis were pushing a vehicle that…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Dallas County woman is killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon. Trooper Reginal King says 69 year old Lucy Lewis of Orrville was fatally injured when her SUV left the road — and hit a tree. The accident happened on Highway 22 in Dallas County — about a mile east of Orrville. King…
