Man in life-threatening condition after Montgomery shooting

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Montgomery Police Department is investigating after a man was seriously injured in a shooting Wednesday morning.

Details are limited, but police responded to an area hospital around 9:35 a.m. on reports that a person had been shot.

Investigators have since determined the shooting happened in the 100 block of Bonaparte Boulevard, just off the East South Boulevard.

A WSFA 12 News photojournalist found multiple police units investigating at Cambridge Apartments, located in the same area.

Maj. Saba Coleman said a suspect, Shaquille Hill, 23, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with first-degree assault.

A man has been charged with assault following a shooting in Montgomery Wednesday. — A man has been charged with assault following a shooting in Montgomery Wednesday.((Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility))

No motive was released.

This is the second shooting incident Montgomery police responded to Wednesday. Police opened a homicide investigation a short time earlier in the day following a deadly shooting on Kiwanis Street in north Montgomery. There’s no indication the cases are connected.

Anyone with information on either case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 215-STOP, Secret Witness at 625-4000, or MPD at 625-2831.

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