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One man is dead and another charged with murder after an armed tenant thwarted an attempted burglary in Tuscaloosa Monday morning. (Stephen Dethrage | AL.com)

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One man is dead and another charged with murder after an armed tenant in a Tuscaloosa apartment complex thwarted an attempted burglary, police said Monday afternoon.

Captain Gary Hood, the commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said two men from Thomasville, Ala. kicked in the door of a second-story apartment at the Links complex on Highway 69 around 2 a.m. Monday.

The commotion woke up the tenant sleeping inside, who grabbed a handgun and opened fire on the alleged burglars, who Hood said were armed with guns of their own.

The would-be victim shot one of the alleged burglars, and both suspects ran out of the apartment and jumped over the second floor railing trying to flee the scene.

The man the tenant shot, 24-year-old Courtney Campbell, died in the parking lot of the apartment complex.

The second man, 25-year-old Marcus McCall, broke several bones when he hit the ground after jumping over the railing, but was able to get inside a Chevrolet Tahoe and drive away.

The armed tenant called police and described the getaway car to officers nearby, who stopped McCall and arrested him a quarter-mile away from the apartment, Hood said.

McCall was charged with murder because his alleged accomplice died during the commission of a crime. He also faces a first-degree burglary charge.

He was still in the custody of the homicide unit Monday afternoon, and because he had not been booked in the county jail, his bond and mugshot were not immediately available.