{"id":125520,"date":"2024-11-13T23:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125520"},"modified":"2024-11-13T23:15:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:15:47","slug":"man-arrested-in-tuskegee-shooting-admits-firing-gun-with-glock-switch-denies-shooting-anyone-records-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125520","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Tuskegee shooting admits firing gun with Glock switch, denies shooting anyone, records state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NVDYAI3FCVAWTKCBE5LQNZOKYE\">A Montgomery man arrested following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/Tuskegee%20shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass shooting at Tuskegee University <\/a>initially denied firing his weapon, but later told federal investigators he did fire his gun but did not shoot anyone, according to federal court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UR2CMSEK4ZFPLG7NWTHNI6SZ2Q\">Jacquez Myrick, 25, was taken into custody on campus early Sunday. He is charged with being in possession of a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YRL3ZJ7H3NFBDHKC64I3KVVZIY\">No one has been charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old La\u2019Tavion Johnson or the wounding of 16 others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ML2MESYU3VERJMPDTFVYQEP7FU\">Federal charging documents unsealed Tuesday detail Myrick\u2019s arrest and his interview with ATF agents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YHOJA43WRJF2FJRK2JSDEKGCJQ\">Prosecutors are asking that Myrick remain in custody, claiming he is a flight risk and poses a danger to the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YRRPRS657BCFPNJUWPGACESLMA\">The Tuskegee shooting happened in Sunday\u2019s predawn hours at West Commons on-campus apartments. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/tuskegee-university-homecoming-shooting-captured-in-chilling-videos-yall-just-stay-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some of it was caught on social media videos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KD7XCHOKSNCWXMQCDQ6WJHLAJ4\">The shooting came as Tuskegee\u2019s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Its football team that Saturday had played Fairfield-based HBCU Miles College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"66IS5S376VHF5BIEWUEQGBGVWI\">Johnson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/teen-killed-in-tuskegee-university-homecoming-shooting-died-saving-girls-life-family-says-hes-a-hero.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whose family said the 18-year- old died saving someone else<\/a>, was pronounced dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GVZMPQQMWFCORLKLWWE5WVQBHU\">Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Lt. Jeremy Burkett said of the 16 injured, 12 of those were shot. They were taken to hospitals in Montgomery and Lee County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WJNGACSTNNFGDDE6NYOX6PKL3A\">According to Burkett, four others sustained injuries during the ensuing chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YJLWAI6IURC4LIWBZDE7O4K6AU\">ATF Special Agent Andrew Erdmann in the criminal complaint said that Macon County 911 received a call at 12:58 a.m. Sunday reporting shots fired on the campus with possibly two people dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JG5VZU7FGFF5ZHYGU2BB3YSR6E\">A Tuskegee police officer, among the first to respond, saw a large number of people at West Commons and said the gunfire was still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QDWHBSEPXBELPDUBB4QIEWVQHA\">He was unable to drive his patrol vehicle into the parking lot because of the crowd of people and vehicles, the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZWPPXX7XQNFV3LWCWHH3UFCTMM\">\u201cAs Officer (Alan) Ashley moved through the parking lot, he observed a (Black) male laying on the ground and not moving,\u2019\u2019 Erdmann wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7BQFKMMQQ5GUBNO5NVFQ6QOCVI\">\u201cOfficer Ashley said he found the male on the ground to be deceased from a possible gunshot wound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RS4I72EFWJDYXHI5R2PBKJTEYE\">The officer then spotted another man in the parking lot, later identified as Myrick, who was armed with a Glock pistol. Myrick was detained and the pistol confiscated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WEVM6VV7QFDETBQMV6RQ7U4HF4\">Erdmann said the Glock in Myrick\u2019s possession was loaded with a 30-round magazine containing nine rounds of ammunition, as well as a round loaded into the chamber of the pistol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZSMBLESWSBCBVMWSGVAVA4C5VE\">The agent said the gun was equipped with a black \u201cinvisi-switch\u201d type machine gun conversion device and functioned as a machine gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TPKNDLLG2VFU7MVRYAJWUL4TVA\">In an interview with agents, Myrick told investigators \u201che came to Tuskegee from Montgomery looking for a party,\u2019\u2019 Erdmann wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GW4WSB52VRHTBMXQW74TNO6SUQ\">Myrick said he and his friends were there for about five minutes when he began hearing gunfire. He said he went into the parking lot looking for one of his friends, at which point he was arrested by an officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PAGQ2SH5KVEZLPFZCUYJKIBB4Y\">Myrick said he bought the gun from a pawn shop in Tampa and denied being aware of any modifications made to the pistol. He said he had fired the gun Saturday, and that it \u201cshot normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RAZUFCWPY5B3XCBHO3NFHGDHEI\">He denied firing the gun during Sunday\u2019s shooting on campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LHZ5IZWU6FF6DDVYM5SSI2RYKI\">\u201cMyrick was asked about his knowledge of MCDs, to which he said he has seen YouTube videos showing them being discharged, and \u2018that bitch spittin,\u201d\u2019 Erdman said. \u201cAt this point in the interview Myrick was confronted with inconsistencies with his statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5V7RSCO43NBYNNJUNXGUIZNYRQ\">Myrick then confessed that he bought the \u201cswitch\u201d for his Glock pistol one to two years ago and installed it on the gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FY3624UNVFG6TE2ZL4TLABPM5E\">He said he bought the gun in the online chat forum Discord, and that it came with several machine gun conversion devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S4Y4ZE2XWJARXEURT6MPNY42OU\">He said he discarded the two he did not use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SOZ5GOJQYZDKLMY5DGXIFJQTEM\">Erdmann said that because of his extensive training on machine gun conversion devices, he found Myrick\u2019s statements unusual and said the device on Myrick\u2019s gun appeared to be 3D printed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7MWVZX5ICJANROGDKVCWYKPEX4\">\u201cMyrick was asked again about discharging his firearm during the (Tuskegee) shooting,\u2019\u2019 Erdmann wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OP673BWGMZCP3EXS5N6LZ65RHA\">\u201cMyrick then confessed to discharging the Glock but denied shooting at anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WYEEFQO4AVDL3O24ARIP2GX5PY\">The investigation is ongoing by ALEA, the Tuskegee University Police Department, the City of Tuskegee Police Department, the Macon County Sheriff\u2019s Office, ATF, FBI, the Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney\u2019s Office, and the Alabama Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"R3AHLQQ6WVAI5J46ENUJQJB7RA\">Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara S. Ratz for the Middle District of Alabama is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6WADIT6CMBDZFP6BNQGNMLELNE\">Anyone with information is asked to submit tips at 1-800-CALL-FBI and upload any digital files regarding this incident online at: <a href=\"http:\/\/fbi.gov\/tuskegeeshooting24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fbi.gov\/tuskegeeshooting24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_wrapper__69Ed7 Stories-By-Section-Tag-module_al__jY2oy\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/11\/man-arrested-in-tuskegee-shooting-admits-firing-gun-with-glock-switch-denies-shooting-anyone-records-state.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Montgomery man arrested following the mass shooting at Tuskegee University initially denied firing his weapon, but later told federal investigators he did fire his gun but did not shoot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125520\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}