Montgomery teen charged with murder in March 14 shooting death
Melissa Brown
A Montgomery teenager faces a murder charge in connection with the March 14 shooting death of a 39-year-old man.
Chad Chatman, 16, was arrested and charged on Sunday, a week after Marcus Brown was found fatally wounded in the 1100 block of Barley Drive.
Court documents in the case are not yet available.
The Montgomery Police Department, which announced Chatman's arrest in a statement, have provided no further detail on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Authorities responded to Barley Drive on March 14 around 4:20 p.m. in response to a subject shot call. Brown was found alive at the scene but later died at the hospital
Brown is the city's 16th homicide victim of 2021 and was killed during a particularly violent weekend, where two people died and six were injured in five shooting incidents.
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Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Melissa Brown at 334-240-0132 or mabrown@gannett.com.