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20-year-old killed in Montgomery shooting; 2 charged with capital murder
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
A Tuesday-night shooting in Montgomery left one man dead, and now two people are charged with capital murder.
Montgomery police were dispatched at 6:10 p.m. to the 5700 block of Express Drive on a report of a single-vehicle crash into a hotel. When they arrived, they found 20-year-old Dequan Johnson unresponsive from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Cpl. Tina McGriff said there was damage to the building but no injuries to anyone inside.
About 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, Montgomery police were on patrol in the 500 Block of Eastdale Road South when they spotted someone believed to be wanted for felony warrants. After units attempted to make contact with the vehicle, a pursuit ensued. The male was taken into custody in the 3400 block of Thomas Avenue. There were no injuries.
Father now charged with capital murder in death of 5-week-old Bessemer boy
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
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Charges have been upgraded against a Jefferson County man in the death of his 5-week-old son.
Quinton Artez Arnold, 27, of Hueytown, is now charged with capital murder in the death of Kamari Whitt. Arnold was taken back into custody Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
He was arrested in Troy and is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Center pending extradition to Jefferson County.
Arnold was initially charged with aggravated child abuse and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Friday. He was released on $250,000 bond and then apparently fled to southern Alabama.