Two shot in Alabama Dollar General after fight between cashier, customer and their girlfriend and relative

Two people are being treated for injuries after being shot at a Mobile County Dollar General, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident occurred Sunday morning after the sheriff‘s office and Prichard Police responded to shots fired at a Dollar General located on 1645 St Stephens Road.

After reviewing surveillance footage and talking to witnesses, the agency said in a press release that an altercation occurred after a customer threatened a cashier.

“After interviewing the witnesses and reviewing surveillance, the investigation revealed that Teron Curtis … came in around 7:54 Sunday morning and purchased items and left at 7:59 a.m.,” the release said.

“Curtis returned at 9:15 a.m. angry and started threatening the cashier, stating she did not give him what he purchased. He threatened he would bring his girlfriend back to handle the problem.”

After Curtis‘s threat the cashier called a family member who came to the store. Curtis also returned to the store with his girlfriend, Lakenya Russel, as the couple attacked the cashier and their relative, the sheriff’s office said surveillance video shows.

The cashier’s relative shoots Curtis and Russel during the altercation leading the couple to flee to a hospital. The agency said the family member placed the gun down and waited for police to arrive.

The sheriff’s office said that Russel was undergoing surgery and Curtis was being treated for injuries when deputies when to interview them at the hospital.

The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office has take over the case as no arrests have been made yet.