Man arrested following hours-long standoff, charged with 3 counts of capital murder

Maggie Matteson
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – A man who barricaded himself in a home for over 10 hours after two people were found dead nearby has been charged with three counts of capital murder, the Huntsville Police Department says.

HPD says 33-year-old Maurice D’Antonio Chatman was arrested and charged with three counts of capital murder on Wednesday. One of the charges is a ‘result of a modifier for the aggravated circumstance of a burglary.’

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Officers with the department were responding to a shots fired call at a home on Mt. Charron Road around 12:30 a.m. when they made contact with a person walking down the street in front of the house in question, The person, later identified by HPD as Chatman, started running when he saw them.

He ran into a home two or three houses down which was his and barricaded himself in the attic, according to HPD. Chatman was taken into custody around 11:00 a.m.

After the department set up a perimeter, two people were found dead in the home where the shots fired call originated from. Madison County Coroner Tyler Berryhill said both people died as a result of gunshot wounds and ruled both deaths a homicide.

The two victims were identified by police as 74-year-old Ernest Bragg and 49-year-old Daniel Jones.

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HPD said throughout the morning, it was working to make contact with Chatman in the second house. Negotiators were on the scene as well and were able to get a phone inside the home.

“Several attempts were made to get Chatman to surrender voluntarily. He was taken into custody utilizing several specialized HPD Units after he attempted to flee the scene,” HPD said in a release.

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According to Madison County jail records, Chatman was booked on Wednesday afternoon and is being held with no bond set.

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