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Jimmy Dewayne Williams and Samarjay Leshore

(Brighton Police)

A father and son are now charged with murder in an August shooting at Brighton park that killed one and injured six others.

Jimmy Dewayne Williams, 47, and his son, 19-year-old Samarjay Jarranid Leshore, are charged in the slaying of Antonio Hinkle. Initially, Williams and Leshore were charged with one count of attempted murder and five counts of first-degree assault pending the results of ballistics testing to determine which gun killed Hinkle.

The murder warrants were issued Friday and announced Saturday evening. Both remain at large, said Brighton police Chief Ray Hubbart.

Leshore was arrested eight days ago after a chase from Vestavia Hills to Midfield one week following a robbery in Vestavia Hills. He was released on bond in that case Nov. 1.

According to the warrant, the father and son "did under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, to wit: discharging a firearm recklessly which created a grave risk of death to a person" other than themselves.

"I sat in the Hinkle family's home and promised them justice for their son,'' Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Bill Veitch told AL.com today. "This is the start of that process."

The shooting happened Saturday, Aug. 27, at "Love Thy Neighbor Day,'' an event held for the past three years in the western Jefferson County town. Authorities said the community celebration was about to come to a close when a fight broke out, and then gunfire erupted.

The fight was reportedly between Leshore and one of the victims, Brandon Moore.

Witnesses estimated more than 700 people were celebrating at the community center on Seventh Avenue. "It was chaos,'' event organizer Isaac Bruister, associate minister of Friendship Baptist Church, has previously said. "People were running everywhere."

In all, said Brighton police Chief Ray Hubbart, one person was killed and six others injured. Hinkle, a 32-year-old father of three who spent the day cooking food for his fellow Brighton residents, was pronounced dead on the scene. The chief said Hinkle was an innocent bystander.

The surviving victims included a mother and her 4-year-old daughter who was shot in the leg and underwent surgery for her injury. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Hueytown police, Birmingham police and Bessemer police all responded to the scene to help Brighton officers.

Authorities have previously said there were multiple shooters, and investigators recovered four handguns that had been dropped at the scene. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working to trace those weapons. ATF officials were at the scene the day after the shooting, using K9s to help recover shell casings.

Just one week ago, on Oct. 28, Leshore was among three teens accused of robbing two women at the Red Roof Inn in Vestavia Hills and then leading police on a high-speed chase where shots were fired.

Vestavia Hills Capt. Kevin York said officers received a call at 7:15 p.m. about two women being robbed at the Red Roof Inn on Highway 31 by two men driving a green Chevrolet Tahoe. One of the units responding to the call spotted the vehicle while the suspects were getting on Interstate 65 North. The suspects sped off when the officer tried to conduct a traffic stop, York said.

The police chase went through Homewood, Birmingham and Midfield before the suspects' vehicle wrecked on Bessemer Super Highway at Woodward Avenue. Two men and a woman were arrested at the scene. Shots were fired at one of the officers, but there were no injuries.

Veitch today thanked Jefferson County sheriff's Sgt. Curtis Williams and Chief Hubbart for their diligence in the investigation. "This is far from over, be we want the people of Brighton to know that law enforcement is committed to helping them make their community safe."

Bond is set at $999,999 for both father and son. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call local law enforcement.