Valley man killed, another arrested in Good Friday shooting
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was killed and another man is behind bars after a Good Friday shooting in Valley.
Valley officers, along with EAFD EMS, were dispatched to the 200 block of Martin Luther King Drive to reports of a person shot where they found 31-year-old Jarez Cytril Ricks with two gunshot wounds in the upper chest.
Ricks was transported from the scene to EAMC Lanier emergency room where he succumbed to his injuries.
“As officers and EMS were tending to Ricks, other officers took 32-year-old Christopher Avantae Summers into custody,” police said. “Summers admitted that he had shot Ricks.”
Summers was brought to the Valley Police Department where he was formally interviewed. Summers was then charged with Murder and transported to the Chambers County Detention Center where he will be afforded a bond hearing.
“As of this time, the motive for the shooting is unknown,” authorities added.
Valley Investigators recovered two handguns as well as several spent shell casings at the scene. Several witness statements were taken from bystanders in the area and Ricks will be sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Montgomery for autopsy.
This is still an active case and we urge anyone that may have information concerning this murder to call the Valley Police Department at 334-756-5200 or the Central Alabama Crimestoppers at 1-833-AL1-STOP, or 334-215-STOP, or on their web site http://www.215stop.com.
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