UAB Player Charged in Teammates' Stabbing

A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player faces charges of attempted murder and assault after allegedly stabbing two teammates at the team's on-campus facility hours before a home game on Saturday morning.

Daniel Israel Mincey, a 20-year-old redshirt freshman offensive lineman from Pompano Beach, Florida, was arrested by campus police and booked into Jefferson County Jail later that day. Court records indicate he is charged with attempted murder in the attack on JaSire Peterson, a redshirt sophomore defensive lineman from Union City, New Jersey, and first-degree assault in the stabbing of Joshua Underwood, a freshman defensive lineman from Fultondale, Alabama. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. at UAB's Football Operations Building in Birmingham. Mincey, who transferred to UAB from the University of Kentucky in May, remains in custody on a $90,000 bond. Authorities have not disclosed a motive, and the UAB Police Department is leading the investigation.

Both victims were transported to UAB Hospital by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service and treated for their injuries. Interim head coach Alex Mortensen confirmed Monday that Peterson and Underwood had been released and...