Juvenile charged with capital murder in Montgomery downtown shooting

A juvenile was arrested Friday in connection with a mass shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others late Saturday in a crowded downtown Montgomery nightlife district, police said. The boy, whose name and exact age were not released, was charged with one count of capital murder and 12 counts of assault and booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility, officials said.

The shooting occurred just after 11:30 p.m. near Bibb Street and Commerce Street, shortly after the nearby Tuskegee University Morehouse College rivalry football game ended, Montgomery police said. Two people died at the scene or shortly after: 17 year old Jeremiah Morris and 43 year old Shalanda Williams. Morris was a student at Rise Academy; school officials described him as an accomplished and well liked member of the school community. Police said five of the wounded were hospitalized with life threatening injuries; the other seven victims sustained nonlife threatening wounds. Seven victims are under 20, and the youngest is 16, officials said.

Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys said investigators believe the incident began when one person in the crowd was targeted, prompting an exchange of...