Al Sharpton’s Brother Charged With Murder After Shooting Death

Rev. Al Sharpton, activist half-brother whose group participated in Saturday’s anti-gun, anti-2nd amendment "March For Our Lives," has been charged with the murder of 23-year-old Breunia Jennings.

Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, an Alabama pastor and civil rights leader who I spent time with ahead of the Alabama special election, has been charged with capital murder https://t.co/cQfCeHy776pic.twitter.com/tAcGjpZTXO

— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) March 26, 2018


Local WKRG reported:

On Sunday, March 25th at approximately 10:50 p.m., Dothan Police Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle at Stringer Street A.M.E. Church, 1900 Stringer St., while officers were in the area they discovered a wrecked vehicle at the intersection of Lake St. and Allen Road.

One of those vehicles was occupied by Ms. Breunia Jennings, 23, of Dothan. Ms. Jennings was pronounced dead at the scene. Her cause of death was a gunshot wound.

Several people at the scene were detained and taken to the Dothan Police Department for interviews. After interviews were completed Jamie Emmanuel Townes, 26, of S. St. Andrews St., Dothan AL was arrested for Capital Murder. A “no bond” has been issued.

Also arrested for Capital Murder was Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, 52, of W. Powell St., Dothan. A “no bond” has been issued in this case.

While police do not believe Glasgow, 52, was the trigger-man, under Alabama’s aiding and abetting law, he is is culpable for murder.

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