Suspect in weekend homicide in Alabama caught in Columbus, authorities say
The suspect in a Saturday fatal shooting in Phenix City, Alabama, has been captured in Columbus, authorities said.
Phenix City police said officers were called at 1:57 a.m. Saturday to reports of someone shot at 501 16th Ave., and found Brakevious Williams with multiple gunshot wounds.
The 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, investigators said.
The department’s criminal investigations division determined the primary suspect in Williams’ death was Michael James Mayberry Jr., also 20, according to a news release.
Muscogee County Sheriff’s deputies and the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force arrested Mayberry in Columbus, where he was booked into the Muscogee County Jail as a fugitive from justice, according to police and the Muscogee County sheriff.
He will face a murder charge when extradited back to Alabama, police said.
