A 22-year-old is in jail, accused in a Montgomery double homicide.

Dontrez Taylor is charged with capital murder and murder in the July 12 killings of Malik Benson, 27, and Dekeith Whatley,26. The victims were killed in separate, but linked, shootings six days ago.

Taylor was taken into custody Friday, said Montgomery police Sgt. Tina McGriff.

First responders were dispatched at 3:55 p.m. that Saturday to a report of people shot in the 400 block of North California Street and the 2700 block of Upper Wetumpka Road.

Officers were told the shootings were likely related.

Officers found Benson dead on California Street.

The second victim -Whatley – was found wounded on Upper Wetumpka Road. He, too, was pronounced dead.

Circumstances surrounding the deadly shooting have not been released.

Taylor is being held without bond in the Montgomery County Detention Facility.