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Lipscomb Police Seek Six Over Videotaped Neighborhood Brawl as Attorney Disputes IDs

Warrants follow a Sept. 25 Woodward Estates melee that police say endangered children.

Overview

  • Lipscomb interim Chief Jatavius Merritt released the video and said none of the six named suspects has been arrested, urging tips to police or Crime Stoppers.
  • Warrants name Tamela Pitts, Ahjaia Young, Shaquiria Pitts and Shamiah Peterson, plus a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old, on charges from assault and harassment to multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, with one terroristic-threats count tied to a Labor Day case.
  • The footage shows a multi-person fight in the Woodward Estates neighborhood on Sept. 25 with younger children present, according to police.
  • Merritt says some participants match those in late-August confrontations, but attorney Johnathan Austin disputes the identifications, says his clients are being targeted, and calls for Merritt’s resignation.
  • Police say the Alabama Department of Human Resources is assisting the investigation; Austin says his clients have a court date Oct. 15 and he plans a civil lawsuit against the city.