Honoring Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray + Vehicle Shooting

Happy Friday, neighbors! Let's get this day started off right. Here's everything going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 80 Low: 64.

Here are the top stories today in Montgomery:

1. Montgomery, Alabama is naming its street after Fred Gray, the civil rights attorney and Church of Christ member. Gray, a 90-year-old civil rights lawyer, represented Rosa Parks when he was only 24 years old and served as an attorney for Martin Luther King Jr. The Montgomery City Council voted unanimously to rename East and West Jeff Davis Avenue in his honor. (The Christian Chronicle)
2. A Montgomery man has been arrested after being suspected of shooting into an occupied vehicle on Atlanta Highway. Laquinnton Jones, 30, was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility this Wednesday in connection to the shooting. The Montgomery Police Department said the event happened around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 26 in the 4500 block of Atlanta Highway. (WSFA 12)
3. An Alabama judge is ordering a mental evaluation and increasing bond for a woman who was charged with setting fires in Montgomery's First Baptist Church that cost $25,000 in damage. (US News)
4. A Montgomery man. Keith Mushat Jr., 26, has been charged for shooting into a home while the victim was inside. (WSFA 12)
5. Made in Alabama Showcase honorees are being recognized in the State Capitol. (CBS42)

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— Samantha Friedlander

About me: Samantha Friedlander is an avid reader and writer who loves storytelling. She is a freelance writer for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. She has a dual degree in English and Psychology.