Investigations remain ongoing into a shooting that occurred at an apartment complex Friday evening and the hatchet attack that was reported the week before on McFarland Boulevard. An arrest was made last week in connection with a recent shooting at Hay Court.
Friday night shooting at Branscomb Apartments
Shootings were reported both Friday and Saturday night at Branscomb Apartments, l570 60th St.
Capt. Jack Kennedy with the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit said the Saturday night shooting is not connected with the shooting case from the evening before.
A 26-year-old man was alone in his car Friday when he crashed into another vehicle and then a guardrail at the intersection of Oscar Baxter Drive and Alabama Highway 69 South. At 7:24 p.m. that evening, calls to 911 reported that the driver had left his vehicle after the crash and told others who had stopped that he had been shot, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
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1. A man reported being shot following a wreck shortly before 7:30 p.m. Friday at Oscar Baxter Drive and Highway 69 South. The Tuscaloosa Police Department told Patch the driver ran into another car and into a guard rail before exiting the vehicle and telling the other driver that he had been shot. He was transported to DCH Regional Medical Center with serious injuries.
Shooting victim involved in crash in Tuscaloosa Share Updated: 3:48 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 3:48 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Two separate investigations are underway, after a shooting victim crashed in Tuscaloosa.The Tuscaloosa Police Department reported officers assisted the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff s Office Friday night after the vehicle crashed at Oscar Baxter Drive and Alabama Highway 69 South.The TPD says calls to 911 reported the driver got out of the vehicle and told others he had been shot.The victim had serious wounds, and was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center, says the TPD.The sheriff s office is investigating the shooting, which occurred at an apartment complex on 60th Street, and Tuscaloosa Police is handling the crash investigation.No arrest has been made at this time.
Tuscaloosa law enforcement investigating incident that led to crash involving shooting victim
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Officials in Tuscaloosa are currently investigating an incident which sent a shooting victim to the hospital after he crashed into another vehicle in the city.
The 26-year-old victim, whose name hasn’t been released publicly, was alone in his car when he crashed into another vehicle and then a guardrail, according to a release from the Tuscaloosa Police Department. The crash happened at the intersection of Oscar Baxter Drive and Alabama Highway 69 South.
The driver of the car then exited his car after the crash, telling others who had stopped to assist him that he had been shot. The shooting occurred at Branscomb Apartments on 570 60th St., according to the release.