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Opelika Police respond to multiple shootings early Wednesday morning
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Opelika detectives are investigating multiple shooting calls early Wednesday morning.
Officers were first dispatched to S 5th Street where a firearm was discharged in the area. As officers began investigating, officers responded to a call of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling at approximately 5:30 a.m. this morning in the 300 Block of Wittel Avenue.
Officers located a victim on Wittel Avenue with a non-life-threatening injury who was transported to East Alabama Medical Center for treatment. Detectives are investigating both incidents to see if there is a connection.
The investigation is ongoing.
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