MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Two people have been killed and seven others injured after seven gunshot wounds and a stabbing in Montgomery this weekend, according to Montgomery police.
According to Montgomery Police Lieutenant Jarrett Williams, the first shooting took place around 12:30 a.m. Saturday on the 1800 block of Young Farm Road. Officers and firefighters responded to the scene and found an adult male victim with a life-threatening bullet wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
According to Williams, no arrests have been made in the shooting.
Police responded to the 400 block of Taylor Road around 2:50 a.m. Saturday morning after receiving a report from a downed person. This is the area of the Baptist East Medical Center. Police contacted a young man who suffered a bullet wound that did not endanger his life. Williams said no arrests have been made so far. It looks like the shooting took place in a different place.
The third shooting happened shortly after 1:50 p.m. in the 3100 block of Patrick Road, according to Williams. Police found a young man and an adult man with bullet wounds that did not endanger his life. There were no arrests in this shooting.
According to Williams, a stabbing took place at block 800 of North University Drive around 7:45 p.m. Saturday. There, police found the victim, an adult man, with a stab that did not endanger his life. There have been no arrests in this incident.
Williams said officers responded to the 400 block of Taylor Road before 4:30 a.m. Sunday in connection with a downed person. This is the area of the Baptist East Medical Center. At the scene, they found a victim of an adult man with a bullet wound that did not endanger his life.
According to Williams, it appears the shooting took place at a different location. There were no arrests in this shooting.
Williams said the fifth shooting this weekend took place at 2400 block of Meadow Ridge Lane before 10:25 a.m. Sunday. The victim, an adult male, was found with a life-threatening bullet wound. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. An interested person was arrested.
According to Williams, Police and firefighters responded to the 1300 block of North Ripley Street before noon Sunday in connection with a medical call. There, they found the victim, later identified as Rufus McCants, 67, of Montgomery, with a life-threatening bullet wound.
McCants was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead, Williams said. It appears the shooting took place at a different location that is still being determined. Police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.
Police responded to the other scene of the shooting around 1:40 p.m. Sunday at Block 6100 on Boardwalk Boulevard. There, they found the victim, 21-year-old Deagan Miller of Montgomery, with a fatal gunshot wound. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene. A homicide investigation is underway in this shooting.
No additional information was given about the shootings and the stabbing.
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