Second person involved in mall shooting incident

Paducah, KY. (KBSI) – A second man has been arrested in relation to a shot fire incident that took place at Kentucky Oaks Mall.

Dontrel Muhammad, 28, of Paducah, was arrested by the Paducah Police Department on a warrant charging him with second-degree attempted assault after he struck a women with a bat outside of the mall entrance during an altercation.

Muhammad and Anthony Williams, of Cairo, IL, began arguing in the food court area of the mall. Williams and his wife left the mall, got into their vehicle and drove around the parking lot.

They returned and parked in the roadway in front of the mall entrance.

Williams got out of his vehicle and walked towards Muhammad they then got into a physical altercation.

During the fight, Muhammad retrieved a baseball bat from his vehicle, telling Williams to go to his vehicle for a handgun. At this
time, a fight broke out between Williams’ wife and Muhammad’s girlfriend.

While Williams was heading to his vehicle, Muhammad hit Williams’ wife twice with the bat.

Muhammad then turned back toward Williams, who was approaching with a handgun. Williams attempted to fire, but the gun jammed. He cleared the gun, and fired it at Muhammad over Muhammad’s vehicle, which was occupied by several children.

Williams and Muhammad both were booked into McCracken County Regional Jail.