On August 10, 2019 Tuscaloosa Police Department apprehended Corey Lewis, 22, and Kenderrious “Loc” Rivers, 23, both of Eutaw. Lewis and Rivers were wanted by the Eutaw Police Department for active warrants on a shooting incident that occurred in the Branch Heights community on August 8, 2019. Several vehicles and homes were struck by bullets during the time of the incident.
On August 11, Shiquille Powell, 27, of Eutaw, was arrested in connection to the shooting that occurred in Branch Height. Lewis was charged with the following: attempted murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle and reckless endangerment. Lewis was processed and later transported to the Greene County jail waiting a bond hearing.
Rivers, who was also arrested by both the Tuscaloosa Police Department and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, was wanted by the Eutaw Police Department in connection with the shooting incident that occurred in the Branch Heights area. Eutaw officers went to the residences of several of Rivers family members, but he had fled Eutaw and was later captured in a hotel room in Tuscaloosa. Rivers was wanted for the listed charges: attempted murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle, criminal mischief 1st degree and reckless endangerment.
Powell was arrested for the following charges: reckless endangerment, discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle and criminal mischief 1st degree.
There was also a male subject injured during the time of the shooting incident and was later transported to the UAB Hospital with life threatening injuries.
Eutaw Police Chief Derick Coleman stated that there are more arrests to come and urged suspects to turn themselves in now.