Authorities have confirmed the name of the 17-year-old charged with murder after a shooting Sunday morning left one man dead and four others, including one 21-year-old Auburn student, injured.
Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones confirmed Jarvis Nichols, from the county area near Opelika, was arrested Sunday evening and charged with one count of murder. He was booked at the Lee County Jail shortly thereafter.
Auburn Police said he is being charged as an adult.
The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrest.
The shooting Sunday morning led to the death of Evan Mikale Wilson, 20, from Tuskegee.
The 17-year-old suspect was taken into custody at a home in Auburn, police said.
The case remains under investigation and additional charges are possible.
The suspect was transported to the Lee County Jail, where he is being held on a $150,000 bond.
An altercation outside the West Magnolia Avenue McDonald's in downtown Auburn led to five people being shot at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Nichols was arrested at 7:15 p.m.
Three of the five — a 17-year-old male from Opelika, a 19-year-old female from Opelika, and the 21-year-old male Auburn University student from Hilton Head, South Carolina — were transported by ambulance to East Alabama Medical Center for treatment of apparent non-life-threatening injuries.
A 16-year-old from Opelika was airlifted by Lifesaver helicopter to Piedmont Midtown Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, with serious injuries.
Police do not believe the shooting was random, and authorities have said there is not an ongoing threat to the University.
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Chip Brownlee, senior in journalism and political science, is the editor-in-chief of The Auburn Plainsman.
