Arrest made after 1 teen was killed, another injured party at the post-graduation party shootout on Tom Hopkins Road

Mobile, Ala. (Wala) – The Mobile County's office reports that a youthful suspect was arrested on Friday and is charged with murder and robbery in connection with a deadly shootout after a graduation ceremony.

A 19-year-old shooting victim is dead and an 18-year-old is injured according to a shootout, which took place after a final ceremony in the Tom Hopkins Road.

The sheriff's office said that the MPs answered shortly before May 11th to the dead end of the dead end of Tom Hopkins Road. The investigators learned that a graduation ceremony for students of the Citronelle High School was held in a nearby residence, and after the homeowner distributed the party at midnight, a group moved into them.

There was a dispute here and the two teenagers were shot, said the McSO. They are Zachary Morgan (18) and Jaylon Rivers (19), said officials.

They said Morgan had been brought to a local hospital for treatment, and Rivers was brought into a personal vehicle in a residence in the Wiggins Fork Road in Mount Vernon, where he succumbed to his injuries.

This is an ongoing examination, and the Sheriff's office asks everyone with information related to the case to contact the investigators under 251-574-8633.

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