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5 days ago | 
cbs42.com | Evan Marr |Kathryn Bruch |Akievia McFarland |Shamonee Baker
UPDATE (6/2 9:45 a.m.): Mobile Police Department officials have identified the man who was shot and killed inside of the Saenger Theatre.
27-year-old Carl Williams III was shot inside of the theatre while a dance recital was being held.
Officials said the alleged shooter, 27-year-old Marcus Sanders, got into an argument with Williams, which is when Williams, along with another person, was shot.
Sanders turned himself in Sunday night.
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6 days ago | 
wkrg.com | Evan Marr |Akievia McFarland |Kathryn Bruch
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police are responding to reports of shots fired Sunday evening at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Mobile. According to MPD, the shooting happened inside the theatre around 6:30 p.m. Police say there are three people injured, with two suffering from gunshot wounds. Witnesses tell News 5 this shooting happened during a kids dance recital. This is a developing story.
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1 week ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Kathryn Bruch
Gadrick Dewayne Overstreet Jr., 19, has been arrested and booked into Mobile Metro Jail. Gadrick Dewayne Overstreet Jr. (Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Jail Management System)Mobile County Sheriff’s Office officials have confirmed he is the second suspect in the May 11 graduation party shooting on Tom Hopkins Road on May 11 around 2 a.m. that resulted in the death of Jaylon Rivers, 19, and injuring Zachary Morgan, 18.
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1 week ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Christina Harris |Kathryn Bruch
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile woman received a shocking phone call from her children on Memorial Day. A house fire on Serigny Drive on Monday, May 26, left nothing salvageable for one Mobile family, according to homeowner Emily Gilmore. (WKRG News 5)Gilmore said her family has lived in the home for about a year. Her children were inside when the fire started, and she was not. “They told me, ‘Mama, the house is on fire.’ But by the time I got here, everyone was out,” Gilmore told News 5.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkrg.com | Thomas Boni |Kathryn Bruch
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A house fire on Heron Lakes Circle is under investigation, News 5 has learned. Firefighters respond to a house fire on Heron Lakes Circle in Mobile, Alabama. (Mason Terrill, News 5)The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department received a report of smoke coming from the roof of a home in that area on Saturday. Firefighters arrived on the scene and put out the fire. The home’s occupant got out safely and was not injured. A supervisor on the scene said they do not yet know what caused the fire.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Kathryn Bruch
CITRONELLE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two Citronelle inmates escaped from the police department’s jail facility Thursday night and have been recaptured. According to Citronelle Police Chief Michael C. McLean, Herles Bolden, 30, and Kentrell Creagh, 30, escaped Thursday night before 7 while they were in the jail facility’s recreational yard and scaled two fences. They were last seen running into a wooded area near Gulf Lane and Centre Street.
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2 weeks ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Kathryn Bruch
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man was killed Tuesday night in a crash in Africatown. According to a Mobile Police Department spokesperson, the crash occurred around 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, on the 1200 block of Woodland Avenue between Telegraph and Papermill Roads. According to police, the man flipped his vehicle, and Mobile Fire-Rescue crews extracted him from the vehicle. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. (WKRG News 5)A News 5 crew is on the scene. This is a developing story.
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3 weeks ago | 
wkrg.com | Jeremy Jones |Chad Petri |Kathryn Bruch |Akievia McFarland
UPDATE (5/11, 8:45 p.m.) — Mobile Police have made an arrest after one man was found shot to death in a home Sunday morning. 25-year-old Jordan Fantroy-Adams was booked into Metro Jail at 4:20 p.m. He faces a number of charges including:MurderAttempted murderBurglary, 1st degreeKidnapping, 2nd degreeDischarging gun in occupied/unoccupied building/vehicle RobberyFantroy-Adams is expected to have a bond hearing Monday. This is an on-going investigation. MOBILE, Ala.
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1 month ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Kathryn Bruch
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1 month ago | 
wkrg.com | Pat O'Donnell |Kathryn Bruch
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Circuit Court declared a mistrial Friday for a Theodore man accused of a 2023 murder in Prichard. The jury deliberated Friday and was unable to come to a unanimous verdict. The trial lasted four days. Kevin Jerome Gardner, 33, is accused of shooting and killing Jabbori Yelding, who was 16 when he died. Gardner’s defense attorneys are arguing that he acted in self-defense. Kevin Jerome Gardner.
