Sentencing Next Week For Tuscaloosa Man Convicted Of 2023 Murder

TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Tuscaloosa man convicted of murder in the 2023 shooting death of Rufus Tyrone Carter IV is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court.

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Reginal Peoples is set to appear Tuesday, June 23 before Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet at 9:30 a.m. for sentencing following his April convictions on charges of murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and reckless endangerment of a child.

As Patch previously reported, a Tuscaloosa County jury returned the guilty verdicts after hearing two days of testimony related to the June 2023 shooting.

Defense attorneys for Peoples argued Carter was drunk and acting belligerent when he arrived at the home on Queen City Avenue.

Prosecutors, however, argued throughout the trial that Peoples had grown fed up with Carter's behavior over the years and intentionally shot him a total of five times.

The jury ultimately concluded that the physical evidence and witness testimony suggested the shooting was deliberate rather than defensive.

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