Mobile police have arrested five people in connection with two separate violent incidents that occurred on the same Tuesday — a drive-by shooting that left a car riddled with bullet holes and a break-in at a home on Carol Plantation Road.
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Shots fired into a car
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The first incident unfolded at about 5:14 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Mobile Police Department, Tamyrick Nunn, 20, of Mobile, allegedly shot at a man while the victim was arguing with someone in a car. Officers who responded reported no injuries, but the vehicle told the story.
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\”The victim was able to drive away and contact police and sustained no injuries, but his vehicle was struck multiple times,\” MPD said in a written statement. \”Officers were able to locate a crime scene, including numerous shell casings.\”
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Nunn was found and arrested Wednesday. He has been charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle, a charge Alabama law treats seriously because it does not require anyone to be struck — only that someone fired into a vehicle knowing, or having reason to know, that it was occupied.
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The Carol Plantation Road break-in
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The second case began as a burglary report at a home in the 5400 block of Carol Plantation Road, later Tuesday evening. When officers arrived, they found the victim, who told them the house had been vandalized by a group of people.
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Officers located the group and arrested four people: Alexis Smith, 27; Shyloh Rafsanjani, 26; Tracy Adcock, 38; and Mikel Holladay, 24. All four were charged with first-degree criminal trespass, and three of them were also charged with third-degree burglary.
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The split in charges reflects a distinction that often surprises the public: trespass and burglary are separate offenses, and prosecutors charge each person based on their own alleged role. First-degree criminal trespass covers entering or remaining unlawfully in a structure, while third-degree burglary under Alabama law generally involves breaking into or entering a building with intent to commit a crime inside. How the charges shake out for each defendant will depend on what investigators say each individual did inside and around the home.
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What happens next
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All five suspects were booked into Mobile County Metro Jail. Nunn, Smith, Rafsanjani, Adcock and Holladay each face their cases independently from here — initial appearances, bond determinations and, eventually, decisions by prosecutors on how to proceed. None of the charges has been tested in court, and each defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted.
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The Mobile Police Department has not said whether the two incidents were related; the department describes them as separate occurrences reported hours apart. Investigators continue to review evidence in both cases.
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