Police did not find any witnesses or evidence to confirm the initial robbery report. Two of the other occupants were taken and charged on outstanding and unrelated charges. They searched the car and found a small amount of marijuana and an AR pistol.Ī 19-year-old was charged with possession of a firearm without a permit and second-degree possession of marijuana. The men, all from Moundville, told police they had just arrived and were sitting in the car before going out, the news release read. Officers found a black Camry occupied by four men parked behind the bar area at 10:02 p.m. The suspects were described as four men in a black sedan. Report of a possible robberyĮarlier Saturday night, officers who were working on the Strip were informed of a possible robbery that occurred in the 1200 block of University Boulevard. The second incident reported resulted in two arrests for second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of Ecstasy and the recovery of three more handguns. Police said another incident was reported in the same parking lot just before 2 a.m. The off-duty officer said he saw a man holding a rifle, then he called for backup and approaching the group. The officers responded to the 1400 block of University Boulevard after a passerby notified an off-duty officer working at the Waffle House of the men and weapons, police said. Just after 1 a.m., Tuscaloosa police officers were alerted about a group of young men with guns who were gathered in the parking lot of a closed restaurant. Video posted and shared on social media Sunday morning shows officers breaking up the crowd around midnight, the news release read.
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Section 17-152 of Tuscaloosa’s municipal code gives the police chief the authority to close streets to maintain public order and safety, police said.Įveryone on the street was required to either go inside a business or leave. Overcrowding prompted Blankley to order people to leave the Strip, which was closed to vehicle traffic as part of game-day operations, late Saturday night. Police said no shots were fired at any time in the area. Several who worked the evening shift stayed overnight to handle the large number of calls. Officers who worked the midnight shift were called into work two hours early. Multiple officers were stationed on the Strip on University Boulevard to patrol anticipated crowds following the spring football game, the news release said. Officers with the University of Alabama's Police Department were also patrolling the area and observing activity from an elevated police tower while Tuscaloosa Police's Cyber Intel Unit monitored surveillance cameras from their offices. “I feel like the incidents that did occur could have been much worse if officers had not been so close and so quick to respond.” “We prepared for this event by assigning stationed and roving officers to different locations along the Strip and the bar areas downtown,” Police Chief Brent Blankley said. Several incidents that occurred overnight resulted in multiple arrests and six weapons, including an AK-47, being confiscated by police, according to a Tuscaloosa police news release. Tuscaloosa police responded to a total of 271 calls for service on the day of the A-Day game, the 24-hour period from early Saturday morning through early Sunday morning.
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