Daronte Collins, 20, from Oxford, sits in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond after a Saturday night shooting left his friend dead. The two of them allegedly tried to rob a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa resident in the Magnolia Apartments parking lot on Highway 69 South. Gunfire broke out. Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson, also 20 and from Oxford, took the fatal hits.
Cops got the call when a shooting victim rolled into DCH Regional Medical Center from the 1000 block of Investigator Dornell Cousette Street. The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit jumped on it. They needed to pin down the real location and how the fight started.
Talks with witnesses and a look at the scene pointed straight to that apartment parking lot. Lieutenant Michael Hall said Tyson and Collins went after the local guy for a robbery. Shots traded hands right then and there.
Tyson ended up critical and later died from those wounds. The case flipped from a shooting to a fatal one. Extra charges came into play for Collins.
He now faces felony murder for Tyson’s death plus first-degree robbery, attempted murder, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. All of it stems from the same attempted stick-up.
Aniah’s Law keeps him locked down with no bond in the county jail. Investigators keep going over the statements and physical proof to lock in every detail.
What started as a robbery try in a Tuscaloosa parking lot left one Oxford man dead and the other staring at serious time if the charges stick in court.
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