Daronte Collins walked away from Magnolia Apartments on Saturday night while his partner did not. The 20-year-old from Oxford now faces a stack of charges after the two tried to rob a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa man and gunfire broke out.
Police rolled up around 7:30 p.m. October 10 after word came that a shooting victim was on the way to DCH Regional Medical Center from the 1000 block of Investigator Dornell Cousette Street. The real scene sat in the parking lot at 5621 Highway 69 South.
Collins and Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson, both 20 from Oxford, made their move on the man. Shots flew. Tyson went down critical and later died from the injuries.
Collins caught charges of felony murder, first-degree robbery, attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. Under Alabama rules a death during a robbery can bring the felony murder count even when the accused is not the one who fired the fatal shot.
No word yet on whether the 25-year-old man got hurt. Police also have not said who put the bullet in Tyson.
Collins is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. He is the one still answering for what happened in that lot.
Magnolia Apartments sits on Highway 69 South in Tuscaloosa, a west-central Alabama city near the Black Warrior River and roughly 60 miles from Birmingham. The case stays open while detectives sort the rest.
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