Police have arrested a second person in connection with a fatal weekend shooting of a 19-year-old man in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The shooting happened early Saturday, when Versaun Leonard was shot and killed about 12:14 a.m. Police, according to WRBC, arrested Brenygha “Bre” Tatyana Mashaye Edwards, 22, for capital murder.

On Tuesday, police said Edwards’ charge had been changed to felony murder, and that Justin Jenkins, 21, has been charged with capital murder.

Police are also investigating another shooting that happened at the Branscomb Apartments in Tuscaloosa County on Friday night. That shooting left two people injured. It is unclear if the two shootings are related.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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