Shooting at peanut parade kills 1, wounds 1; teen arrested

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Published November 14, 2022 7:18 AM

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say an apparent fight between spectators at the National Peanut Festival in Alabama led to a shooting that left one person dead and one wounded. With thousands of people lining the streets of Dothan on Saturday, the parade was nearing its conclusion when a series of gunshots rang out. Dothan Police say 18-year-old Mekhi Nasir Lawton was charged with murder in the death of 22-year-old Garyoun Tyrone Fluellen of Dothan. He was also charged with assault in the wounding of another person. Lawton turned himself in and was jailed with bond set at $1.5 million. Police say the shooting wasn’t directly connected to the parade.

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