2 Mobile men accused of assault, stealing gun at convenience store: MPD

Summer Poole
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two local men were arrested Saturday after they allegedly assaulted a person and stole their gun at a local convenience store, according to the Mobile Police Department.

An MPD release said officers were called to Eddie’s Mart around 7 p.m. Saturday for a report of a robbery.

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ROBBERY LOCATION:

Officers found that a victim had been assaulted by a man while they were walking into the store, according to the release. The victim then allegedly pulled out his gun in self-defense.

Kaleb Hunter and Omar White mug shot, placed on a blue background with the WKRG.com logo
Mugshots of Omar White, left, and Kaleb Hunter, right (Photo courtesy of the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office).

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The release said another man then took the gun from the victim during “a brief struggle.” The two men then left the store.

Mobile Police officers arrested 20-year-old Kaleb Kristopher M. Hunter and 44-year-old Omar Sharree White, both of Mobile, in connection with the incident.

Both were charged with first-degree robbery.

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