UPDATE: MPD arrests suspect in shooting at Dollar Tree on Moffett Road

UPDATE: Mobile police on Tuesday arrested 52-year-old Clifton Hudson in connection with a Sunday evening shooting at local store.

On Sunday, the victim approached an off-duty Mobile police officer working an extra job at a Walmart Neighborhood Market at 1300 N. University Blvd. According to the Mobile Police Department, the victim had been involved in a verbal altercation with his roommate earlier that day. After leaving the residence, the victim was followed by the suspect to a Dollar Tree at 5301 Moffett Rd., Dollar Tree. The suspect, later identified as Hudson, produced a firearm and fired multiple shots into the victim’s vehicle, wounding in the victim, police said.

A bond hearing is scheduled Friday, according to jail records.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is investigating a shooting after they say a male victim was shot by a known male subject at the Dollar Tree on Moffett Road.

Investigators say the victim drove his vehicle to the Wal Mart Neighborhood Market on North University Boulevard and reported what happened to an off-duty police officer.

When FOX10 News arrived on scene at Wal Mart around 7 p.m., there was a heavy police presence. Two officers were looking at a car that appeared to have its back left window shot out.

Further up the road, at the Dollar Tree on Moffett, there was an even heavier police presence.

Police say the victim was then transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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