Police: Northport man shoots blindly into neighboring apartments, thought someone was 'after him'

25-year-old Mikequen Whitsett was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly fired blindly into two occupied apartments neighboring his own because he thought someone was 'after him.' (Tuscaloosa County Jail) 
A Northport man was arrested early Friday morning after allegedly firing blindly through the walls of his apartment and sending bullets into neighboring residences. 

Lt. Kip Hart, the assistant commander of the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said investigators were called to the Saddlewood Apartments on Deerfield Lane in Northport around 3 o'clock Friday morning when residents there reported their homes had been shot into. 

Hart said officers found two apartments bullets had ripped into, both of which were occupied. The victims said the shots came from an adjacent apartment, so investigators went next door to find the occupant of the residence in question. 

Inside was 25-year-old Mikequen Jaquon Whitsett, a woman and three children, Hart said. 

Whitsett told Hart he grabbed a gun and opened fire when he heard voices outside his apartment and thought someone was 'after him.' His blind shooting sent bullets into the two occupied apartments neighboring his, a Class B felony in Alabama. 

Officers arrested Whitsett and charged him with two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling. He was taken to the Tuscaloosa County Jail, where he remained Friday morning pending payment of a $60,000 bond. Hart said additional charges may be added as the investigation continues.

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