16-year-old dead, another injured in Montgomery shooting

Montgomery police are investigating a Wednesday afternoon shooting that left one 16-year-old dead and another 16-year-old wounded.

At about 4:32 p.m., police went to a local hospital on a report of a shooting, said Maj. Saba Coleman, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found two 16-year-old males who had been shot: one juvenile with a non-life threatening gunshot wound and one juvenile male with a life-threatening gunshot wound. The second juvenile was later pronounced dead, Coleman said.

It was later determined that the shootings occurred in the area of Hilldale Drive, she said.

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MPD is conducting a murder and attempted murder investigation in the case.

As of Thursday morning there have been 43 reported homicides in Montgomery, and arrests have been made in 26 of those cases. In some cases, multiple people have been charged.

The circumstances of these cases remain under investigation, and no other information was immediately released. Police ask people with knowledge of the case to call CrimeStoppers at 334-215-STOP, the Secret Witness Line at 334-625-4000, or MPD at 334-625-2831.

Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Marty Roney at mroney@gannett.com.

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