Four AAMU Students Arrested in Weekend Shooting

Four Alabama A & M students, three of them A&M football players, have been arrested for allegedly being involved in a shooting at Normal Hills Apartment Complex over the weekend.

Normal Hills Apartment Complex, where the shooting took place. (WAAYTV)

The apartment complex is located across the street from Alabama A&M University.

Monica Ray, executive director of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, said in a statement that the Alabama A&M University and Huntsville police departments worked collaboratively to find the suspects involved in the shooting.

Ray said Luther Martavius Snipe, 18, of Union Springs; Jermaine Tra’varis Smith, 18, of Birmingham; Deangelo Merrill, 19, of Mobile County; and Dezman Ivory, 20, of Birmingham were all charged with burglary and assault.

On Saturday a shooting occurred at the apartments and resulted in a campus-wide emergency alert notification being sent to all students.

Huntsville and A&M police began looking for four men who were seen fleeing the shooting scene in a large sedan, Ray said.

Based on anonymous tips, investigators found the four men that were allegedly in the car when the shooting happened, Ray said.

(Alabama Live)