Year: 2017

Don Fletcher

Man dead, woman critical after home invasion
Atmore police are investigating the second homicide within the city over the past five days after an early morning (Monday, August 7) home invasion left a Broad Street resident dead and his wife or female partner in critical condition. Police have still not released the identities and relationships of the shooting victims, but Chief Chuck Brooks said he would provide the names and some of the details later today. Police…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago
Two shot at Broad Street residence in Atmore
Details remained sketchy at 4 a.m. Monday (Aug. 7) but two people were reportedly shot inside a Broad Street residence about an hour earlier. Flashing blue and red lights continued to cut the early morning air as Atmore police and firefighters remained at the 170 Broad Street shooting scene. Yellow tape was stretched across the street at each end of the block on which the crime was apparently committed. Lt.…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago
Police identify homicide victim as Camden man
Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks has identified the victim of Thursday’s night shooting on Ann Street as a Wilcox County man who was apparently minding his own business. According to a press release issued Friday afternoon by the police chief, the man who was shot as he bicycled to a convenience store for cigarettes and later died from his wounds was Shawn Oneil Quarles, 31, of Camden. Several people in…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago
Man in bad shape after late-Thursday shooting
Atmore police remained at midnight on the scene of a Thursday night shooting in the city’s northeastern sector that sent an unidentified man to a local hospital in serious condition. Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said late Thursday that police had not yet had an opportunity to determine the identity of the shooting victim. “We don’t have anything right now, other than folks in the apartments reported hearing three gun…
by Don Fletcher access_time9 years ago
Winners announced in poster contest
Winners in the Atmore Memorial VFW Auxiliary to Post 7016 Summer Patriotic Art Poster Contest were announced Monday, July 31, at Atmore City Hall. According to VFW Auxiliary President Gayle Johnson, 21 entries were submitted. The Auxiliary was pleased considering this is the first year for this competition. Children ages 4-15 had the opportunity to compete for prize money in four age categories: 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, and 13-15. The winner…
by Sherry Digmon access_time9 years ago