One of the four suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in a deadly downtown shootout in Montgomery on October 4 was released on a $60,000 bond.

Javorick Whiting, 19, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of attempted murder and was released on $60,000 bond from the Montgomery County Detention Center on Monday, according to court records.

Governor Kay Ivey said, “As I stated after two Alabamians lost their lives at the hands of thugs in downtown Montgomery on October 4, any and all involved must be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

“Today, we learn that one of the four suspects has been released back onto the streets. This is exactly the legal loophole that I and many in the Legislature sought to close when I signed the Safe Alabama

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