One of the shooting suspects in an October 4, 2025, incident that left two people dead and 12 others injured in Montgomery, AL was released on a $60,000 bond just days after being arrested.
WSFA reported that 19-year-old Javorick Whiting was arrested October 17, 2025, in connection with the shooting and “charged with one count of attempted murder.” He was released on bond on October 20.
ABC 33/40 pointed out that “43-year-old Shalanda Williams and 17-year-old Jeremiah Morris” were killed in the October 4 shooting.
Others charged in the shooting incident “include Dantavious McGhee, 19, Kemontae Hood, 21, and an unidentified juvenile, who all face multiple charges, including capital murder.”
FOX News noted that the Montgomery County district attorney’s office described the bond as “woefully inadequate to protect the public from this dangerous and violent criminal.”
Alabama shooting suspect walks free on $60K bond as community demands he stay locked up
District attorney files motion to increase $60K bond for 19-year-old Javorick Whiting after public outcry
An Alabama man charged with attempted murder in a shooting that left two dead and another 12 injured has bonded out of jail, sparking outrage from community members who believe he should remain locked up.
The Oct. 4 shooting took place just after 11:30 p.m., following the Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic college football game in Montgomery, Alabama.
Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys said only one of the 14 victims was the intended target, adding there were several shooters.
“This started as the result of an individual, one of these 14 (injured or killed), who we believe was targeted, in which basically an exchange of gunfire erupted,” Graboys said. “When that exchange erupted, multiple people in the crowd pulled their own weapons and started discharging.”
Javorick Whiting, 19, one of the several suspects, including juveniles, was arrested on Oct. 16 and charged with attempted murder in relation to the Oct. 4 incident.
After being taken into custody, a judge set bond at $60,000, which Whiting was able to post on Oct. 17 through a bail bond company, court records obtained by Fox News Digital show.
Following public outcry, the Montgomery County district attorney filed a motion to increase Whiting’s bond, writing that the current bond is “woefully inadequate.”
“The current bond amount is woefully inadequate to protect the public from this dangerous and violent criminal,” the DA’s office wrote.
The DA’s office wrote that Whiting’s actions show he’s a “danger to the community” and should remain behind bars.
“Today, we learn that one of the four suspects has been released back onto the streets,” Ivey wrote on Oct. 20. “This is exactly the legal loophole that I and many in the Legislature sought to close when I signed the Safe Alabama package. Next May, all Alabama voters will have a chance to end mandatory bail for those suspected of attempted murder by voting to expand Aniah’s Law. I will not forget today’s troubling news when casting my vote.”
Aniah’s Law was passed in 2019 in honor of Aniah Blanchard, who was murdered in 2019 by someone who was out on bond for violent offenses. The law allows judges and prosecutors to request and deny bail for offenses such as kidnapping, murder, rape and aggravated child abuse.
Lawmakers recently passed legislation which would add attempted murder to the list of eligible charges in Aniah’s Law.
Javorick Whiting as he was taken into custody by the Montgomery Police Department. (Montgomery Police Department)
Graboys was also among those who advocated for an expansion to Aniah’s Law.
“We need assistance, both legislatively and in the judicial system, about what we’re going to do. I think Aniah’s Law has been a great law, but maybe it’s to be expanded,” he said, according to the Alabama Reflector. “Maybe people need to use the discretion that Aniah’s Law gives them to hold people for trial when they’ve been arrested for violent felonies.”
Newsom: I Do Not Trust the Justice Department
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said he did not trust the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
Host Kristen Welker said, “One of the biggest battles you’re having with him is your fight over the deployment of U.S. troops to cities across this country including here in California. Do you trust the Justice Department to handle these cases?”
Newsom said, “Absolutely not.”
Welker said, “You don’t trust the Justice Department?”
Newson said, “Are you kidding? It’s a personal attorney.”
Welker said, “Do you trust the legal system?”
Newsom said, “I have the confidence in the lower courts and I’m holding hope that there’s one co-equal branch of government left and that’s the judiciary, but again, not on the basis of the shadow docket and the U.S. Supreme Court. The court, the lower courts and the lower courts have held pretty strong. He’s assaulting all institutions that stand in his way. Obviously, I mentioned the one-third of the decisions that he appears to have dismissed. The courts are one of the more powerful and potent. So I’m hopeful, but I’m not naive. It’s not complicated posse comitatus, you cannot use the United States military for domestic law enforcement.”
Analysis: 47% of Immigrant Households with Young Children Get Food Stamps
As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) run out of funding due to the government shutdown, more data is coming to light about the extent to which immigrants continuously receive such taxpayer-funded benefits.
During an interview with Fox News, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that the agency has uncovered “thousands and thousands” of cases where individuals have defrauded SNAP and WIC programs.
The revelation was the result of the Agriculture Department asking states to hand over food stamp data to weed out usage by illegal aliens. Rollins said only 29 states complied with the request.
“What this conversation has allowed is a national spotlight on a broken and corrupt program. We found one guy in about six different states getting benefits, we found about 5,000 people who are dead who are still getting benefits,” Rollins said. “It is time to drastically reform this program so that we can make sure that those who are truly needy, truly vulnerable are getting what they need, and the rest of the corruption goes away and we can serve the American taxpayer.”
Last year’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies, shows huge numbers of households headed by immigrants — many with United States-born children — securing SNAP and WIC benefits.
In particular, 47 percent of immigrant households with children under age six receive SNAP or WIC or both. Compare that to just 31 percent of native-born American-headed households with young children receiving the same benefits.
Center for Immigration Studies
“Many immigrants have modest levels of education and low incomes, so suspension of WIC and SNAP will impact a large share of this population,” researchers Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler write. “This situation also raises important policy questions, including whether it makes sense to have an immigration system that allows in so many people who turn to taxpayers to support their children?” [Emphasis added]
Latin American immigrant-headed households use loads of SNAP and WIC benefits, the analysis shows, as 65 percent of such households are on at least one of the programs while 28 percent are on both programs.
Among all immigrant-headed households with young children in the United States, including those who are naturalized American citizens, 43 percent receive either SNAP or WIC benefits.
“These results indicate that immigrant communities are going to be hard hit if the shutdown continues,” the researchers note. “The results also are a reminder that once low-income immigrants settle in the country, it is very difficult to prevent their use of the welfare system.”
