UPDATE: Bond set for Bay Minette teen arrested in Gulf Shores shooting
UPDATE (5:32 P.M.): A second suspect in last week’s shooting near the beachfront in Gulf Shores is behind bars, and police say Gregory Tate, 18, of Bay Minette, is the shooter.
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Tate was arrested without incident at a home in Bay Minette Tuesday night in connection with last week’s shooting at the beachfront in Gulf Shores.
Wednesday afternoon, he faced a judge for a bond hearing on felony assault charges.
Bond was set at $200,000 for the teenager who is charged with first-degree assault for allegedly shooting randomly into a spring break crowd and wounding a teenager.
The shooting happened last week near the busy intersection of Highway 59 and East Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores.
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Prosecutors say the whole thing was caught on surveillance cameras and shows two groups arguing in the parking lot of Surf Style. The argument escalated into a fight that spilled into the intersection.
Prosecutors say the footage shows Tate as the only one pulling a gun and shooting multiple times. They say it was all part of an ongoing conflict between two rival groups from Bay Minette.
If Tate can make bond, the judge ordered him to be under house arrest with a GPS ankle monitor and to have no contact with the victim, who continues to recover from a gunshot wound to the leg.
Police previously arrested Jaytwon Williams, 18, from Bay Minette, charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Police say they do not anticipate any more arrests.
UPDATE (2:22 p.m.): Bond has been set for a Bay Minette teenager arrested in connection with a shooting last week in Gulf Shores.
Gregory D. Tate III, 18, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with first-degree assault; his bond is $200,000, News 5 has learned.
The prosecutor in this case said Tate started the fight and was the only one to pull out a gun and shoot.
They also said the fight and shooting were caught on camera.
The incident allegedly sprang from an ongoing dispute between two groups from Bay Minette.
This is a developing story. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — The Gulf Shores Police Department has arrested a teenager in connection with last week’s spring break shooting.
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According to a Facebook post, GSPD detectives were issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Gregory D. Tate III of Bay Minette on April 2.
The post states that he is charged with first-degree assault for his alleged involvement in the shooting that wounded one teenager.
Tate is the second person taken into custody in connection with the incident.
According to police, Jaytwon Williams of Bay Minette “is charged in Gulf Shores with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct as a result of his attempts to gain entry into vehicles during the incident.” Williams has not been charged with the shooting.
Police say the arrest comes after a week of joint effort from the Gulf Shores Police Department Criminal Investigation Division, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office, and the Bay Minette Police Department.
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The post states, “The Mayor, City Council, and the residents of Gulf Shores have empowered the police department to aggressively use all law enforcement resources at their disposal to identify, apprehend, and seek prosecution for persons who have no regard for the sanctity of life and through their callous actions create a risk injury or death to others within our city.”
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