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A newly unsealed federal complaint says a man accused of having a machine gun at Tuskegee University admitted to firing his weapon during a weekend shooting but denied shooting at anyone. The shooting early Sunday on the campus left one man dead and at least 16 others hurt.

A shooting during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama has left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire. Authorities announced an arrest on a weapons charge. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says Jaquez Myrick was arrested while leaving the scene of the shooting early Sunday and was found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

The Montgomery based Southern Poverty Law Center is responding to racist text messages invoking slavery. The notes were sent to Black men, women, and students, including at the University of Alabama and Alabama State University, as well as middle schoolers.

A federal program that provides aid and promotes justice for crime victims is extending support to the Birmingham community in the wake of a mass shooting outside Hush, a lounge in the Five Points South district.

The search continues for the gunmen involved in a weekend mass shooting at Hush Lounge in Five Points South. Police say they believe the shooters targeted at least one of the victims when they opened fire. Carlos De’Juan McCain and Roderick Lynn Patterson Jr., who both were killed in the shooting, were separately charged in past Birmingham homicides.

Officials in Birmingham pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people, announcing rewards of up to $100,000. Authorities have still made no arrests after Saturday’s shooting at Hush Lounge.

A former FBI agent has been sentenced to life behind bars for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Judge Jimmy Pool sentenced Christopher Bauer on Thursday following his June conviction on charges of first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse of a child under 12.

Investigators in Alabama have released a video recording showing a person of interest as they seek information about an explosion outside the state attorney general’s office.

The FBI and State investigators are asking the public's help in trying to find the person who placed an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general's office.