Woman fatally shot during predawn gathering at Tuscaloosa storage unit; suspect charged

A 28-year-old woman was found shot to death early Saturday at storage unit business in Tuscaloosa

Police were dispatched about 5 a.m. to the business in the 3400 block of Greensboro Avenue.

Officers arrived to find Autum Monea Mack dead on the scene, said Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit Capt. Jack Kennedy.

Investigators determined a large group of people were having a gathering at one of the storage units.

During the gathering, a verbal altercation between Mack and the suspect escalated into the deadly gunfire, Kennedy said.

Investigators interviewed multiple witnesses, processed the scene for physical evidence and carried out multiple search warrants. That led to them identifying 28-year-old Shaquan Lavar Knight as a suspect and securing a murder warrant against him.

Knight was taken into custody Saturday evening by U.S. Marshals. He remains held without bond in the in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.