Mother Of Accused Atmore Shooter Charged With Attempted Murder

The mother of a teen accused in a shooting last week in Atmore has been arrested.

Yashetta McKenzie, 36, is charged with attempted murder. She was allegedly driving the car from which her son, 17-year old DeAndre Lamar Mitchell, opened fire, shooting 17-year old Trenton Atchison on the afternoon of February 27.

McKenzie is being held on a $150,000 bond. McKenzie drove Mitchell to the Atmore Police Department a shot time after the shooting. He was charged with attempted murder as an adult. Police say more arrests are possible in the case.

Police said Atchison was shot when Mitchell fired at a group of classmates gathered in a porch on the 300 block of East 4th Street off Martin Luther King Avenue. Officials believe the shooting may have been retaliation after a fight that happened at Escambia County High School in Atmore.

Atchison was conscious and able to identify Mitchell as the shooter.