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A teenage male was arrested Friday for his role in a shooting that left two people dead and 12 others wounded in the bustling downtown nightlife district of Alabama’s capital city last weekend, police said.
montgomery Police announced that the boy had been charged with murder and 12 counts of assault. His name was not immediately released.
A 43-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy were killed when rival gunmen opened fire on each other late Saturday night, police said. Investigators determined that several people fired weapons into the crowd just after Tuskegee University-Morehouse College The rivalry football game ended a few blocks away.
Police said the shooting began when someone took aim at one of the 14 victims, prompting several people to draw their weapons and return fire. Seven 14 of the victims were under the age of 20, and the youngest was 16 years old. At least two of the victims were armed.
Officials said several weapons and shells were recovered from the scene.