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TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — One person is jailed on a charge of attempted murder following a shooting in the employee parking lot of the Mercedes-Benz plant Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the area around 5:00 p.m. in regards to a shooting. Deputies arrived to find the victim’s vehicle was struck by gunfire multiple times. Two people were inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting, but were uninjured.
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Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit said one of the people inside the vehicle was previously involved in an argument with another employee, 21-year-old Zachory Broom, and the two got into a fight in the parking lot after work Wednesday. Authorities said after the initial fight Broom retrieved a gun and fired multiple times at the victim’s vehicle before leaving from the scene.
The sheriff’s office said Broom was later located at a home in Jefferson County and arrested. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder and firing into an occupied vehicle. He is being held on $95,000 bond.
