A 27-year-old Alabama man has been charged with capital murder in a deadly shooting that left his ex-girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter dead and her 5-year-old son wounded.
Birmingham Police said that Otis Lee Montgomery III has also been charged with attempted murder and discharging a firearm into an occupied building, WBMA reported.
Investigators say Montgomery fired into the mother’s apartment from outside shortly after noon on Wednesday, killing Cornelia Rose Lathan and striking her brother in the leg. The boy was taken to Children’s of Alabama for treatment.
Police said officers identified Montgomery as a suspect and located him multiple blocks away near the airport less than an hour later.
He was taken into custody and charged on Friday. He’s being held without bond.
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[Featured image: Otis Lee Mongomeryt III/police handout]
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