Alabama Club Killings Lead To Arrest
From the archive: published Dec 22, 2012, 13 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Hoover police Captain James Coker said US marshals arrested a man at 7 am, seven hours after the shooting inside Martini’s Lounge. The suspect has not yet been charged. Coker reports the suspect is male but is as of yet officially without a name, says ABC News .
Monterio Alonzo Peebles-Kellogg, 19 and Lakenya Chanise Moton, 20 both lived in Birmingham. They were declared dead at the scene outside the club located at 2132 Lorna Ridge Lane.
UAB Trauma Center released a third victim after treating her for gunshot injuries that were not life-threatening. Again, the identity of the survivor is yet unreleased.
A suspect was taken into custody by US Marshals around sunrise after receiving a call around midnight and there is no threat to the general public, claims Coker. No motive has been released, but there is a possibility that the suspect may have known the victims.
Coker said:
“This was no random act … It’s been about two-and-a-half years since we’ve had a homicide in Hoover that wasn’t traffic related.”
The fate of the nightclub is still under discussion by the chief of police and elected officials, according to AL.com .
Coker says the investigation is still underway, and details have yet to be officially released:
“We do investigate a crime of this nature very thoroughly.”
This is yet another shooting in the wake of the 26 people killed in Newtown, Connecticut, and I am willing to predict it will continue like this until after the holiday stress wears down. Let’s hope it stops before then.