Crime & Safety
Two Suspects Charged After Five Injured In Downtown Shooting
Investigators have arrested and charged two suspects after a shooting at a Tuscaloosa bar Saturday morning resulted in five people injured.
TUSCALOOSA, AL — Two men have been arrested and charged after five people were injured in a Saturday morning shooting at a bar in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit said Joe Nathan Brothers, 22, has been charged with four counts of attempted murder, one count of shooting into an occupied building, three counts of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle and three counts of shooting into an unoccupied building. Also arrested was Joshua Marquese Coston, 23, who is also facing the same charges and was injured in the shooting.
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Bond for both men charged was set at $360,000.
VCU Commander Captain Jack Kennedy said Coston is being treated for his injuries in a secure undisclosed medical facility and will be booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail when he is released from the hospital.
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"The other four victims are being treated for their injuries, which thankfully do not appear to be life threatening at this time," Kennedy said. "The investigation is ongoing, and other persons may also be charged in the future."
The arrests come after multiple agencies responded at approximately 2:48 a.m. to the 2300 block of Temerson Square to reports of a shooting with numerous victims at Roxy's Bar. Five people were ultimately transported to DCH with gunshot wounds by personal vehicle and ambulance.
"After interviewing numerous witnesses and victims, examining evidence on scene, and viewing video surveillance, it was determined that two suspects were the initial aggressors, firing towards a group a subjects with which they had been in an earlier altercation just outside of Roxy’s Bar," Kennedy said. "After the two suspects initiated the gun fire, shots were fired back at the suspects in self-defense, resulting in one of the suspects being struck."
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