A domestic violence call in west Mobile turned into a tense standoff early Sunday morning after officers found a woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds outside her apartment, according to Mobile police.
Officers responded to the Twin Oaks Apartments on Old Shell Road just before 6 a.m. after receiving a report of domestic violence, a police spokesman said. When they arrived, they located a 25-year-old woman outside the apartment with multiple gunshot wounds.
The woman told officers her boyfriend, 31, had shot her several times before barricading himself inside the apartment. She was transported to a local hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
With an armed suspect refusing to come out, Mobile police called in the department’s SWAT team along with hostage negotiators to manage the standoff. After a tense but relatively brief confrontation, the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody without further incident or injury to responding officers.
Police charged him with Domestic Violence First Degree, the most serious domestic violence classification under Alabama law, reserved for cases involving serious physical injury or the use of a deadly weapon.
The incident adds to a string of domestic violence calls that have drawn a heavy police response in the Mobile area, underscoring the resources departments dedicate to de-escalating situations where firearms are involved. SWAT and negotiator call-outs like this one are typically reserved for standoffs where officers believe a barricaded suspect poses an ongoing threat to themselves, hostages or the surrounding neighborhood.
Old Shell Road is a busy commercial and residential corridor running through Mobile, and the apartment complex where the shooting occurred sits among other residential properties in the area. Police temporarily secured the surrounding streets while negotiators worked to bring the standoff to a peaceful resolution.
Domestic violence advocates in the Mobile area have long pushed for greater awareness of resources available to survivors, noting that shootings tied to domestic disputes remain one of the more dangerous categories of calls patrol officers respond to. The case remains an active prosecution in Mobile County, where the suspect faces the felony domestic violence charge stemming from the shooting.