Murder charges against 4 gadsden residents headed to Grand Jury

L-R  Parker, Kitchens, Williams, Morris

 

Officials in Albertville say The cases of four Gadsden residents charged with capital murder in Albertville will be turned over to a grand jury.  22 year old Shontavious Williams, 23 year old  JaMichael Kinchen, 25 year old Derunteze Parker, and 20 year old Maya Morris, are charged with capital murder for the Jan. 9 murder of 22  year old Willie Harris Coleman Jr., of Tuskegee.  Coleman was shot with a shotgun inside a residence on Valley View Drive.  Police say the shooting stemmed from a drug-related robbery that was set up by Coleman’s girlfriend, Morris. Coleman was living with the homeowner and was house-sitting the Valley View Drive home at the time of the shooting. Some of the four were arrested in Gadsden, while others were arrested in Albertville. Kinchen was out on bond at the time of the shooting for an attempted murder charge in Gadsden. During a preliminary hearing in January, Kinchen also was mentioned as a possible witness in the case against 28 year old Cedric Orlando Young, of Mobile.  Young is charged with capital murder for the deaths of Jabari Player, and Billy Baker, in a shooting Aug. 17 on Meighan Bridge. Williams, Kinchen and Parker are each being held on $1 million bond in the Marshall County Detention Center. Morris is being held on $500,000 bond.