CRIME & SAFETY

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two men and a church were hit by gunfire Wednesday evening, according to a release from the Mobile Police Department. The release said officers were called to Springhill Avenue near Micahel Donald Avenue for a report of a shooting around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, officers found that Solid Rock […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police said a fight sent one man to a local hospital with a gunshot wound Wednesday. Officers responded to Ascension Providence Hospital around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday regarding a male victim who arrived by personal vehicle with a gunshot wound. According to authorities, a known male...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -The mother of a man shot and killed at a Prichard nightclub on Mother’s Day wants more people held accountable for her son’s death. Mary Blevins filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner of Lotus Gentlemen’s Club, the people who own the building and the city of Prichard. The suit claimed the defendants didn’t provide a safe environment.

Three women were arrested in Mobile, Alabama after deputies raised a pool hall and found an illegal gambling operation.

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - FOX 10 spoke to State Representative Matt Simpson about legislation passed following a quadruple homicide earlier this year in Daphne. In February, 21-year-old Jared Tarant Smith-Bracy was charged with capital murder after admitting to killing his brother, grandparents and a family friend. Daphne Police say the bodies were found in the Lake Forest area of Daphne. Investigators say Smith-Bracy used a pickax during the brutal attack against one of the victims.

A 51-year-old Mobile man is in the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail, charged with raping and assaulting a woman over the course of two days in April in Perdido Key. Herman Moore is additionally charged with kidnapping, battery and obstruction of justice. He was taken into custody Wednesday, nearly six weeks after a warrant was issued for her arrest.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police have arrested both Deanta and Jamarcus Dubose. The two brothers were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after being on the run for several weeks. On May 17, FOX10 News Fugitive Files featured the Dubose brothers, both considered to be Mobile’s most wanted. Deanta...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly fired shots to break up a fight, injuring three in the process, on May 2, according to a release from the Mobile Police Department. Michael Royal, 34, is charged with three counts of assault and was transported to Metro Jail. According to a […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A New Orleans man who admitted to robbing a bank on Old Shell Road in 2017 will go to prison for 12 years – the same as his co-defendant nephew – a federal judge ruled Thursday. John Rudolph, 50, pleaded guilty in August to...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - As fentanyl cases continue rising, state officials are working on ways to prevent the dangerous drug from coming into Alabama. For the past year or so, officials across the country have warned communities about the dangers of fentanyl. “In my 35 years, we’ve never seen, you...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile homeowner is sharing disturbing video of a boy allegedly caught on camera abusing her dogs. The woman says she woke up to a loud noise, and a stranger in her backyard. Emmy Townsend says she’s thankful her two dogs Missy and Cooper weren’t hurt....

A man was arrested Wednesday, nearly a month after police say he fired a weapon in an attempt to break up a fight between two women, but instead wounded three others. Michael Okeef Royal, 34, is in the Mobile Metro Jail, charged with three counts of 1st-degree assault. He is also facing revocation of his probation from three previous convictions, according to the jail docket.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge on Thursday revoked the bond of a Semmes man charged with murder. Prosecutors presented evidence that Jeffery Holley, 28, tried to disable an electronic monitoring device that he was ordered to wear as a condition of bail. Holley now will be held at Mobile...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man has been arrested after he was accused of following his roommate to a dollar store and shooting him, according to a release from the Mobile Police Department. Clifton Hudson, 52, was arrested on Tuesday by Mobile officers. According to police, a man approached an off-duty officer Sunday night at […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 21-year-old woman who was reported missing on May 26. Elizabeth Bishop is described as being approximately 5-foot-3, weighing around 170 pounds. She has hazel eyes and brown hair. According to police, Bishop had plans to meet her grandmother […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — After weeks on the run, the Mobile Police Department arrested Deanta Dubose, 19, and his brother, Jamarcus Dubose Wednesday afternoon. Both brothers face two counts of first degree robbery. Both of the brothers were also arrested on multiple outstanding warrants. The Mobile Police Department was asking for the public to help […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A woman has been arrested for striking one staff ember and assaulting another with bodily fluids at Mobile Infirmary, according to MPD. Officers said they responded to Mobile Infirmary at 10:00 p.m. on Monday in response to an assault call. Police discovered that Tashjiana Howard, 33,...

A scary crash was reported in Alabama on May 30, 2023, in Birmingham, AL in which a plane had been reported to have crash-landed on train tracks. The plane was crash landed by a trainer pilot who was training a student in the cockpit, according to a social media post from the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Department.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left three women injured earlier this month. Michael Royal of Mobile was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail Wednesday morning. He faces three counts of first-degree assault. The arrest stems from an incident...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two men are accused of shooting each other and pushing their mother on the ground, according to a release with the Mobile Police Department. Officers were called to San Juan Drive Monday for a shots fired call. According to the release, officers arrived and found that two brothers had gotten into […]