Arrest Made In Shooting Of Center Point Teen

CENTER POINT, AL — A 21-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in the shooting of a teen girl April 3 in Center Point. Walter Kennebrew Silmon was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of attempted murder.

The incident occurred just before midnight April 3 in the 1900 block of 1st Street NE.

Sgt. Joni Money of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the victim was a passenger in a vehicle, and the driver of the vehicle observed a silver SUV pulled over on the side of the roadway, and a black male standing in the middle of the road with a gun.

Money said the driver reported that Silmon began to shoot into the vehicle. As the victims attempted to flee the scene, Silmon reportedly rammed the vehicle with his SUV. The victim was able to drive away from the scene and call 911.

Once stopped, the driver discovered that the passenger had been stuck by the gunfire. The passenger was transported to UAB Hospital with life threatening injuries, Money said.

Silmon is being held in the Jefferson County Jail. His bonds total $150,000.