Montgomery County Deputy District Attorney Marianalyn Coleman asked District Judge Michael Godwin on Monday to call a hearing to increase the bond of one of the four suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in a deadly downtown shootout in Montgomery on October 4, who was released on a $60,000 bond.
Javorick Whiting, 19, was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of attempted murder and was released on $60,000 bond from the Montgomery County Detention Center on Monday, according to court records.
Coleman said in a filing on Monday that Whiting was seen on video shooting at a juvenile victim in the area where the shootout that left two dead and 12 injured took place on October 4.
"The juvenile victim received a life-threatening injury and is still currently listed as being in critical condition," Coleman said. "The Defendant was armed with a firearm and began shooting while in a crowded downtown area, putting many lives at risk. When the Defendant was apprehended, he was in possession of a loaded firearm that had an extended magazine and Glock switch."
Coleman continued, "The current bond amount is woefully inadequate to protect the public from this dangerous and violent criminal. While the current bail amount is at the maximum level of the recommended bail scheduled contained in R. 7.2(b), Ala. R. Crim. P., this amount is not appropriate in this case due to the facts and circumstances surrounding this case."
"This bail schedule is 'recommended' in order to allow Courts to exercise their discretion and set bail amounts in excess of the schedule when the facts support such an action. If this defendant's actions do not support a bail amount above the recommended level, then no actions can ever justify such an upward departure," Coleman said. "To adequately protect the community, it is imperative that this Court increase this defendant's bond. State of Alabama requests that this Honorable Court expeditiously set a Hearing in order to consider amending the Defendant's conditions of bond and increase his bond amount."
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