Man Injured in East Tuscaloosa Shooting Sunday, VCU Investigating

Police are investigating a shooting that reportedly happened while two women were fighting in East Tuscaloosa on Sunday evening.

Captain Marty Sellers, the co-commander of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit, said TPD officers were called to 30th Avenue Northeast about a shooting at about 7:15 on Sunday.

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Sellers said officers arrived in the area of Colonial Hills and found a male suffering from a gunshot injury they said was not life-threatening.

Sellers said the VCU is investigating, and they believe two women were having a physical fight on Sunday when bystanders began firing guns.

"The investigation is continuing as conflicting accounts have been given," Sellers said. "The male victim was treated and is stable."

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