One arrested after fight on Tuscaloosa strip | News

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL (WBRC)- One person has been arrested following a fight between as many as 10 people on the Tuscaloosa strip, according to Tuscaloosa police.

Officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Department and University of Alabama Police responded to the Bear Trap on University Boulevard on a report of shots being fired at 1:36 a.m. Thursday, May 3.

Witnesses told police a fight broke out in the street between approximately 10 people and one person fired off multiple shots into the air, Sgt. Brent Blankenly with TPD said. Witnesses said the suspect who fired the gun into the air left the scene in an Oldsmobile Delta 88.

Police officers found the suspect's vehicle and pulled the driver over at Wallace Wade and Bryant Drive. The driver, a 19-year-old from Northport named Brandon Deundrey Taylor, was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license. He was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail on a $500 bond. Police say additional charges are pending.

No injuries from the altercation were reported to the police.

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