Tuscaloosa County DA reacts to recent gun crimes [INSERT CAPTION HERE] (Source: Storyblocks) By Kelvin Reynolds | April 19, 2021 at 9:26 PM CDT - Updated April 19 at 9:26 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Tuscaloosa police seized weapons from people in several separate incidents over the weekend.
WBRC talked to Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Hays Webb about the matter. Tuscaloosa Police say guns were seized from some people along the Strip after Alabamaâs A-Day football game.
There were at least two times where that happened.
Officers responded to a report of men with weapons in the 1400 block of University Boulevard. Police searched two parked cars. They recovered a gun reported stolen from Birmingham in one car and an AK-47 style gun with a fully loaded magazine in the other.
3 arrested after reports of machine gunfire at Tuscaloosa apartment complex
Updated 9:32 PM;
Today 9:32 PM
3 men were arrested in Tuscaloosa Sunday, April 18, 2021 after reports of machine gunfire at an apartment complex. (TPD)
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Three young men were taken into custody Sunday after reports of machine gunfire at McKenzie Court in Tuscaloosa.
Police responded just before noon to the apartment complex off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard after receiving calls that men were shooting hundreds of rounds from machine guns, said Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor.
A Tuscaloosa police sergeant responded and notified other officers about a silver BMW he saw speeding from the area. Multiple units responded, stopping the vehicle in the area of Interstate 359 and 35th Street.
Guns were seized and three men were taken into custody on marijuana possession charges after reports of machine gunfire at a Tuscaloosa apartment complex Sunday, police say. Additional charges are expected.
The three men ages 18, 19 and 20 were each charged by members of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force with second-degree possession of marijuana.
Their arrests were announced in a news release from the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
At 11:47 a.m. Sunday, Tuscaloosa police responded to McKenzie Court, off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, after reports that men were shooting hundreds of rounds from machine guns.
A Tuscaloosa police sergeant responded to the scene and notified other officers about a silver BMW he saw speeding from the area, police said. Multiple other units responded and stopped the vehicle in the area of Interstate 359 and 35th Street.