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No, they haven't found the accused shooter Desmonte Leonard, but Auburn Police did make two arrests Monday afternoon in the incident from Saturday night/Sunday morning that left 3 people dead and 3 others injured.
18-year old Jeremy Thomas was taken into custody and charged with hindering the investigation. Police are in the process of questioning him about the chain of events leading up to the shooting.
Also, Montgomery, Alabama police arrested 41-year old Gabriel Thomas and charged him with providing false information.
Read more about the arrests from AL.com RIGHT HERE
Unfortunately, the multitude of agencies searching for Leonard haven't found him yet. Both the U.S Marshall Service and the FBI are now involved in the state wide search.
Auburn football player Eric Mack, who was shot in the buttocks, was released from the hospital late Sunday and returned to the team's football center Monday morning where he was warmly welcomed by friends and teammates.
No word yet, that we know of, on services for 20-year old DeMario Pitts of Auburn or former Tiger football players Ed Christian and LaDarius Phillips.
We'll keep monitoring this story and let you know when we hear of Desmonte Leonard's arrest.
2010 UPDATE: Montgomery police have surrounded a house in East Montgomery and are operating under the assumption that Leonard is in the building. Police have not divulged the relationship between the house and why it would be the one occupied at present...
2120 UPDATE: Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange is calling the asituation at the house in East Montgomery as "a waiting game." Tear gas had been deployed at one moment toward the attic, and the feeling of all the manpower on hand is that the police forces will wait it out.
"Time is on our side. We know where someone is," Mayor Strange said. "I can only reiterate that we have two independent confirmations that we know it is that person. But whoever is in that house doesn't want to come out."
Strange is listing "a possibility" that the individual in the attic may be the subject of the manhunt and that the forces there will use the necessary force to remove the individual holed up safely.
One early note, it is now being disclosed that Ed Christian was attempting to break up the disagreement before he was shot and killed.
2210 UPDATE: The tactical team is inside the residence and has attempted to make contact with the individual that is, seemingly, holed up in the attic. The lower floor has been secured according to Montgomery Director of Public Safety Colonel Chris Murphy and the tactical unit is putting cameras in strategic points within the house. The units are also making their way to the upper levels of the house.
"We hear coughing and movement along with thermal imaging. Something is up there. It doesn't mean that the suspect is up there. At this time, I don't want us to jump to a conclusion," Mayor Todd Strange added.
0045 UPDATE Tuesday: The tactical unit is looking to do a more thorough job in the attic and Mayor Strange says that the situation is no different than earlier in the evening.
Roughly 30 to 40 people are in the process of letting the situation continue to play out. Early in the morning (according to Mayor Strange 8 or 9AM), there should be another press briefing- unless the situation ends sooner. The police personnel on site are planning to interrogate the person who called 9-1-1 and started the search in the house and/or siege in East Montgomery. No verbal contact has still been made with the individual they are in contact with in the house.
Two separate leads were given to Montgomery Police and technology has been used (and given positive results) hearing "human indicators" an individual is in the attic.
"We're not done and we're not going to be done until the individual is in custody," Colonel Murphy said at the last presser of the evening.
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