A 17-year-old in Tuscaloosa shot his brother in the neck after they had a fight Monday, according to investigators.



Captain Gary Hood, the commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said officers were called to an apartment complex on 33rd Avenue around 1 o'clock Monday afternoon.



They found a 20-year-old with a gunshot wound to his neck. He was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center, where Hood said he is in stable condition in the emergency room.



Hood said investigators collected evidence and interviewed witnesses and determined that Landis Ward, 17, was in a fight with his older brother, and when it was over went to the balcony of their apartment and shot his brother with a .22-caliber rifle.



The teenager was arrested and charged as an adult because of the severity and nature of the crime. Ward was booked in the Tuscaloosa County Jail on one count of attempted murder, and remains there pending a $60,000 bond.