From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma Police are busy investigating three unrelated crimes that have happened in the city over the weekend. Police say a Father’s Day shooting left an 18 year old man shot in the back. The shooting happened on the 1600 block of Lauderdale Street. Police are also investigating a burglary at Wells Fargo Bank on Broad…
Four people were injured in a shooting in the south Montgomery area. According to Montgomery police, four adult males sustained gunshot wounds in the 3200 block of Virginia Pines Lane. Police say all four were taken to a local hospital for treatment. One victim has possibly life-threatening wounds while three other victims appear to have non-life-threatening wounds. The initial investigation…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the shooting death of 31-year-old Michael Garland of Montgomery. Police say on Saturday night at about 8:45 p.m., they and fire medics responded to the 500 block of East South Blvd. in reference to two people suffering from gunshot wounds. Investigators say the first person, a juvenile male, had a non-life…
The conversation continues: What more can be done to make Alabama’s schools safer? State Superintendent Eric Mackey is weighing in on some of the safety protocols already used throughout the state and some of the areas that need to be strengthened. Though the school year is wrapping up Mackey says education officials and law enforcement will use the time that…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the shooting death of Jamichael Stokes, 28, of Montgomery. About 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, police officers were flagged down by a motorist near the intersection of Chisholm Street and Lower Wetumpka Road. The motorist had observed an adult male in distress on Creative Street and was attempting to transport…
Authorities say they have arrested a man suspected of storming a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville and fatally shooting four people with an assault rifle. Authorities announced that 29-year-old Travis Reinking, was taken into custody Monday. Police in Nashville, Tennessee, say the suspect in a quadruple homicide at a local Waffle House stole a BMW car several days earlier. Metro…
At approximately 2:00 AM on Saturday, April 14, the Troy Police Department responded to a shooting in the 200 block of Love Street. When officers arrived, they found multiple shell casings on the ground and evidence that someone had been injured but could not locate a victim at the scene. There was a vehicle that had been shot into and…
Police responded to reports of someone firing shots at a hospital in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, before issuing an alert that the situation was over and the shooter had been subdued. Local media reported that two people were shot at UAB Highlands, and a gunman had turned a gun on himself Wednesday night. Police didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment….
An arrest has been made in an early morning homicide in Montgomery. 29-year-old Charlie Gardner is charged with murder in connection to the death of 38-year-old Benjamin Young. Police say they responded to the 3100 block of Crawford Street where they located an adult male who had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say…
A Montgomery police officer was shot while encountering an armed male suspect fleeing from another shooting in the 1600 block of Westcott St. Tuesday afternoon. Police say the suspect was later shot and killed near the intersection of Hill and Jordan Streets. Because it is in officer involved shooting, the State Bureau of Investigation will work the case. Keep checking…
