2 dead, 1 wounded after shootings in Montgomery

Staff reports

Montgomery police report that two men were shot dead and one injured Thursday evening on Park Towne Way, which is near the intersection of Troy Highway and U.S. 231.

At about 8 p.m., officers answered a call in reference to several people being shot in the 4800 block of Park Towne Way, according to a release from Lt. Regina Duckett, spokeswoman for MPD.

They discovered two men seriously wounded. The men were taken to Baptist Medical Center South, where they died from their injuries.

Year to date, there have been 17 homicides in Montgomery.

Shortly after responding to Park Towne Way, officers responded to another report of someone shot, this time in the 5800 block of Cherry Hill Road. There, they found a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was also taken to a hospital for treatment.

MPD's investigation indicates that all three men were shot on Park Towne Way.

No arrests have been made and the circumstances surrounding the shootings is still under investigation.

Because the investigation is ongoing, MPD is not releasing the deceased people's names at this time, Duckett indicated.

—Staff reports