MONTGOMERY, AL — A third person has been arrested and charged in connection with a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery that left two people dead and a dozen others injured in early October, police said.
Javorick Whiting, 19, has been charged with attempted murder, according to Lt. Ernestina McGriff, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. Whiting was taken into custody on Oct. 16 by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility, she said.
The Montgomery Advertiser, part of the USA TODAY Network, could not reach Whiting for comment, and jail records do not show if he has an attorney.
Whiting is the third suspect to be charged in the Oct. 4 shooting that occurred in the city's busy nightlife district, according to Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys. Multiple people had opened fire in a large crowd, leaving two people dead, including a teenager and a woman.
On Oct. 10, Montgomery police arrested an unnamed juvenile male, who was charged with one count of capital murder, nine counts of assault in the first degree, and three counts of assault in the second degree, McGriff said. Police did not release the suspect's age or name.
