Montgomery man arrested after mass shooting at Tuskegee University He initially denied firing his gun, but later told federal investigators that he did fire his gun but did not shoot anyone, according to federal court records.

Jacquez Myrick, 25, was arrested on campus early Sunday morning. He is accused of being in possession of a pistol with a machine gun conversion device.

No one has been charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson or the wounding of 16 other people.

Federal charging documents unsealed Tuesday detail Myrick’s arrest and his interview with ATF agents.

Prosecutors are asking that Myrick remain in custody, saying he is a flight risk and poses a danger to the community.

The Tuskegee shooting occurred early Sunday morning at the West Commons campus apartments. Some of this was captured on social media videos.

The shooting occurred as the 100th Tuskegee Homecoming Week was coming to a close. His football team had played that Saturday against HBCU Miles College, based in Fairfield.

Johnson, whose family said the 18-year-old died saving another personHe was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Lt. Jeremy Burkett said of the 16 injured, 12 of them were shot. They were taken to hospitals in Montgomery and Lee County.

According to Burkett, four other people were injured during the chaos that followed.

ATF Special Agent Andrew Erdmann in the criminal complaint said Macon County 911 received a call at 12:58 a.m. Sunday reporting shots fired on campus with possibly two people dead.

A Tuskegee police officer, one of the first to respond, saw a large crowd of people in West Commons and said gunshots were still going on.

He was unable to drive his patrol car to the parking lot due to the crowd of people and vehicles, the complaint states.

“As Officer (Alan) Ashley walked through the parking lot, he observed a (black) male lying motionless on the ground,” Erdmann wrote.

“Officer Ashley said he found the man on the ground deceased from a possible gunshot wound.”

The officer then saw another man in the parking lot, later identified as Myrick, who was armed with a Glock pistol. Myrick was arrested and the gun confiscated.

Erdmann said the Glock in Myrick’s possession was loaded with a 30-round magazine containing nine rounds, as well as a loaded round in the chamber of the gun.

The agent said the weapon was equipped with a black “invisi-switch” machine gun conversion device and functioned like a machine gun.

In an interview with agents, Myrick told investigators that he “came to Tuskegee from Montgomery looking for a party,” Erdmann wrote.

Myrick said he and his friends were there for about five minutes when he started hearing gunshots. He said he entered the parking lot looking for one of his friends, at which point he was arrested by an officer.

Myrick said he purchased the gun at a pawn shop in Tampa and denied being aware of any modifications made to the gun. He said he had fired the gun on Saturday and that it “fired normally.”

He denied firing the gun during Sunday’s campus shooting.

“Myrick was asked about his knowledge of MCDs, to which he stated that he had watched YouTube videos showing them being downloaded and ‘that bitch was spitting,'” Erdman said. “At this point in the interview, Myrick was faced with inconsistencies in his statement.”

Myrick then confessed that he purchased the “switch” for his Glock pistol a year or two ago and installed it on the pistol.

He said he purchased the weapon on the online chat forum Discord and that it came with several machine gun conversion devices.

He said he discarded the two he didn’t use.

Erdmann said that because of his extensive training in machine gun conversion devices, he found Myrick’s statements unusual and said the device on Myrick’s gun appeared to be 3D printed.

“Myrick was asked again about discharging his firearm during the (Tuskegee) shooting,” Erdmann wrote.

“Myrick later confessed to firing the Glock but denied shooting anyone.”

The investigation is ongoing by ALEA, Tuskegee University Police Department, City of Tuskegee Police Department, Macon County Sheriff’s Office, ATF, FBI, US District Attorney’s Office. Fifth Judicial Circuit and the Alabama Attorney General’s Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara S. Ratz for the Middle District of Alabama is prosecuting the case.

Anyone with information is asked to submit tips to 1-800-CALL-FBI and upload any digital files related to this incident online at: fbi.gov/tuskegeeshooting24.