Man Sentenced in Talladega county Shootings

A man who injured two young women with stray bullets outside a Talladega Elks Lodge will serve 15 years in prison. 27 year old Jonathan Darrell Moten, also known as "Peaches," pleaded guilty to four charges in Talladega County Circuit Court.  Moten,  was charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied building, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle, first-degree assault and second-degree assault.  He was sentenced as a habitual offender, with 15-year sentence on each count to run concurrently.  Prosecutors say that Moten was involved in an altercation at the Elks Lodge that was broken up by club security. Moten retrieved a pistol from his car and confronted the people he had been fighting as they left the club. He fired his pistol at them several times in the parking lot. Though Moten did not shoot his intended targets, stray bullets hit two young women inside the club who were not involved in the original altercation. Both women were treated for their injuries at UAB Hospital. Moten's intended targets ran to their car and drove away as Moten fired several more shots into their vehicle. Various people identified Moten as the shooter when the incident was investigated.