Police in Mobile, Alabama, said a suspect in last night’s shooting that left one person dead and nine others wounded on New Year’s Eve was in custody.
“The Mobile Police Department advises that we currently have a male subject in custody for last night’s New Year’s Eve shooting,” a department statement read. “Subject is receiving medical treatment and, upon release, he will be transported to Metro Jail and charged with murder.”
Mounted police patrol New Year’s Eve celebrations in downtown Mobile, Alabama, after a deadly shooting Saturday night.
(Mobile Fox 10/WALA)
Officers responded to Dauphin Street around 11:15 p.m. last night to reports of gunshots.
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The shooting took place as thousands of people were attending the city’s 15th annual MoonPie Over Mobile New Year’s Eve event.
When officers arrived, the department said, they discovered a 24-year-old man had been shot by an unknown person and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
At the time of the shooting, nine other people suffered gunshot wounds.
Crowds of people celebrating New Year’s Eve in downtown Mobile begin to thin after a deadly shooting Saturday night.
(Mobile Fox 10/WALA)
The victims were between the ages of 17 and 57 and all were transported to local hospitals.
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According to police, the severity of the injuries ranged from severe to serious.
In addition to the people who were hit by bullets, two nearby businesses were also hit by gunfire, police said.
Police did not provide any information on the suspect and the investigation is still active.
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Graphic video circulating on Twitter shows at least two people lying on the sidewalk with injuries moments after the shooting. Witnesses in the area told Fox station WALA in Alabama that groups of people began running for cover as soon as the shots rang out.
Carly Bragg, who was downtown celebrating New Year’s Eve, told Fox 10 that the shots were terrifying and “sounded like fireworks very close.”
“The timing was wild,” Bragg said. “We went through the area and then it happened.”
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She told the outlet that she and her friends hid inside a hallway that was “maybe 15 or 20 feet away from the sound and noticed the window shot out of Urban Emporium when we realized how close we were.” “.
