Gunman in Custody After Tuskegee University Homecoming Shooting Leaves 1 Dead and Dozens Injured
A Montgomery man is now in police custody after a devastating mass shooting shattered Tuskegee University’s 100th homecoming celebration, leaving one person dead and injuring over a dozen others.
According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, 25-year-old Jaquez Myrick was arrested on Sunday while leaving the scene of the campus shooting. Authorities reported that Myrick was found with a handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device.
Myrick faces a federal charge of possession of a machine gun, though he is not accused of using the weapon during the shooting. The agency did not say whether he was a student at the HBCU.
The tragic incident reportedly occurred early Sunday morning. Special agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency were alerted around 1:40 AM that multiple individuals had been shot on the Tuskegee campus, ALEA spokesman Sgt. Jeremy Burkett said.
Macon County Coroner Hal Bentley identified the victim as La’Tavion Johnson, an 18-year-old resident of Troy who was not a Tuskegee student.
Several of the injured were treated at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery, the university stated.
In total, twelve people were injured by gunfire. Four others sustained non-gunshot-related injuries.
