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14 People Shot in Alabama Mass Shooting | Crime Alert 6AM 10.06.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime alert im s he grace breaking crimeans now straight
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  Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest. In Alabama, a
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  Speaker 1: tragic mass shooting has occurred in downtown Montgomery, resulting in
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  Speaker 1: the deaths of two people, including a teenager, and left
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  Speaker 1: a dozen others injured. According to Montgomery Police, the incident
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  Speaker 1: occurred around ten thirty pm near the intersection of Bibbs
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  Speaker 1: Street and Commerce Street, when two groups exchanged gunfire in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of a crowd. The deceased victims, identified as
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  Speaker 1: seventeen year old Jeremiah Morris and forty three year old
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  Speaker 1: Shelanda Williams, are believed to be residents of Montgomery. Authorities
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  Speaker 1: suspect that one of the individuals that were shot may
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  Speaker 1: have been specifically targeted. As the chaos unfolded, several people
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  Speaker 1: in the crowd drew their own weapons and began to fire. Currently,
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  Speaker 1: five of the injured people are reported to be in
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  Speaker 1: critical condition. Among the fourteen people shot, seven are under
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  Speaker 1: twenty years old, the youngest being sixteen. In response to
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  Speaker 1: the shooting, police have announced a reward of at least
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  Speaker 1: fifty thousand dollars for any information that leads to an arrest.
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  Speaker 1: This incident occurred during a busy weekend in Montgomery, coinciding
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  Speaker 1: with events such as the Tuskegee Moorhouse Classic, the Alabama
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  Speaker 1: National Fair, and Alabama State University's homecoming game. Montgomery Police
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  Speaker 1: Chief James Grabus condemned the reckless actions of those involved.
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  Speaker 1: We know that at least two of the victims, two
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  Speaker 1: of these fourteen people were armed. This started as a
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  Speaker 1: result of an individual one of these fourteen, who we
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  Speaker 1: believe was targeted. Basically an exchange and gout fire erupted.
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  Speaker 1: When that exchanged erupted, multiple people in the crowds the
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  Speaker 1: crowded areas pulled their own weapons and started this charge.
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  Speaker 1: He confirmed that fourteen people had been shot to have died,
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  Speaker 1: and the police are that the law enforcement will continue
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  Speaker 1: their efforts until justice is served. Grabis noted that there
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  Speaker 1: were at least five police officers nearby when the shooting occurred,
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  Speaker 1: but acknowledged that violence can escalate quickly. He stressed that
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  Speaker 1: while downtown Montgomery is generally safe, the actions of a
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  Speaker 1: few reckless individuals have devastating consequences. The firearms used in
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  Speaker 1: the shooting have been recovered, and it has been reported
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  Speaker 1: that they contained high capacity magazines. While police have detained
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  Speaker 1: several people for questioning, no arrest have been made. Montgomery
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Stephen Reid reflected on the gravity of the situation,
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  Speaker 1: saying that the nature of this gun violence was likened
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  Speaker 1: to the scene of the Wild Wild West Nancy. He
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  Speaker 1: lamented over the loss of innocent lives over trivial batters Nicole,
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  Speaker 1: thank you more private justice news after this, A student
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  Speaker 1: sek a runner has stumbled upon a fully clothed skeletal
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  Speaker 1: remains in the woods near an Ohio High school, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by officials. On October one, Nick Jarrell, the assistant
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  Speaker 1: principle of La Celle High School in Montfort Heights, contacted
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  Speaker 1: nine one one after a student discovered human remains fully
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  Speaker 1: dressed in a hoodie and pants. According to NBC affiliate WLWT,
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  Speaker 1: a member of our cross country team ventured into the
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  Speaker 1: woods and found what seemed to be a skeleton, fully
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  Speaker 1: dressed with a cell phone in its pocket. Jarrell replied
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  Speaker 1: to the nine one one dispatcher quote, there appears to
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  Speaker 1: be decaying hair on the skull, mentioning that the remains
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  Speaker 1: were found above ground. The assistant principle indicated that the
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  Speaker 1: clothing seemed to belong to a man. The Green Township
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  Speaker 1: Police Department later issued a statement on social media confirming
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  Speaker 1: they had responded to the scene and validated the report.
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  Speaker 1: As the investigation progressed, officials provided an update indicating they
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  Speaker 1: had likely identified the victim based on preliminary evidence. Local
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  Speaker 1: resident Paul King expressed disbelief when he first heard the
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  Speaker 1: news from his son. I ask, was it just a
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  Speaker 1: decoration for Halloween? His son clarified, no, they have the
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  Speaker 1: coroner and everything up there. King also recalled having noticed
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  Speaker 1: a foul odor in the area for months prior to
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  Speaker 1: the finding. He claimed, it's pretty unsettling that this discovery
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  Speaker 1: was made by a runner from the local school. The
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  Speaker 1: exact duration of how long the remains had been in
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  Speaker 1: the woods remains unclear. The police have not disclosed further
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  Speaker 1: details regarding the incident, but please do so with increased awareness.
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  Speaker 1: The news of Drummond's vehicle being found comes alongside emerging
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  Speaker 1: details about his background and the identities of the four
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  Speaker 1: individuals he is accused of killing. Kristin Motorrefie moves to
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco for a summer semester and u see Berkeley.
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  Speaker 1: The eighteen year old takes a job at a coffee shop,
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  Speaker 1: regularly hits the beach and the nearby Modern Art museum.
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  Speaker 1: Kristine has worked with plans to go to the beach,
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  Speaker 1: but she never comes home. Her dad calls the landline
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  Speaker 1: at home. She shares with roommates, but they say they
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  Speaker 1: haven't seen her in three days. Kristin's reported missing coworker's
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  Speaker 1: report they saw her with a blonde woman in the
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  Speaker 1: mall after she clocked out. Please find a newspaper in
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  Speaker 1: Kristin's room with a personal ad from a woman seeking
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  Speaker 1: new friends circled. The newspaper was unable to confirm who
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  Speaker 1: placed the ad, and the woman Kristen met at the
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  Speaker 1: mall has not been identified. Kristin motor Faery now missing
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  Speaker 1: over twenty six years. If you have info, call San
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