PIKE COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - Two people are dead following a shooting in the Pike County community of Tarentum on Sunday night.

The shooting took place at around 7:30 p.m.

TROY, AL - Troy Police arrested a Troy University student Friday in connection with trafficking marijuana at Easy Street Apartments on George Wallace Drive according to information released by Chief Jimmy Ennis. 

The minor is identified as Jessie Lawhorn a 19-year-old white male from Panama City, FL. 

Troy Police and US Postal Inspectors executed a search warrant at the Lawhorn’s apartment today at approximately 11:30 AM.  The Alabama Department of Corrections K-9 Unit assisted in the search. 

Officers seized approximately four pounds of marijuana, digital scale and drug paraphernalia. 

Lawhorn has been transferred to the Pike County Jail and his bond has been set at $50,000. 

This case is still under investigation. 

Troy Police arrested 29-year-old Dujuan Larial Mency, a black male from Brundidge, for robbery first degree Friday at approximately 9:30 am according to information released by Chief Jimmy Ennis.

Mency was arrested in connection with the Tuesday (11/13) afternoon armed robbery of an 88-year-old victim at his residence on US Highway 231 at approximately 4:00 p.m.

He was taken into custody in Brundidge and transported to the Troy Police Department without incident.

Mency allegedly went to the victim’s residence Tuesday to pay back money to the victim for a female who borrowed money from the victim on Monday.  The black male suspect pulled a pistol on the victim and demanded his wallet during the robbery.   An undisclosed amount of property (jewelry & jewelry box) were taken from the victim during the robbery. Mency left the residence and got into an unknown vehicle and fled in an unknown direction of travel.