A 17-year-old suspect in the Munford haunted house shooting that left four teenagers wounded was transported back to Talladega County Monday from Atlanta, where he was apprehended Nov. 2.Simmion Ruben Hollis, a former resident of DeKalb County, Ga., was arrested on four counts of assault in the first degree following the incident, which took place Halloween night at a haunted house sponsored by the Jaycees.
Because the offense caused physical injury to another person and involved a deadly weapon, Hollis will be charged as an adult, Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens said in a previous interview.
The 17-year-old waived extradition in DeKalb County last week, prompting a visit from Lt. Bill Coker and Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Pace of the Talladega County Sheriff’s Department, who arrived in Talladega with Hollis at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Following an investigation by the Sheriff’s Department and the DeKalb County Fugitive Task Force, Hollis was apprehended Nov. 2 at a relative’s home in Decatur, Ga.
Although he came to Munford from Atlanta to stay with relatives, Hollis went back to Georgia following the shooting, Talladega County Chief Deputy Jimmy Kilgore said in a recent interview.
Law enforcement officials allege Hollis fired several shots into a crowd in the haunted house parking lot at about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 31 following an altercation between two groups of teenagers from Munford and Talladega.
Four were wounded in the incident, including a 16-year-old who spent several days in the Intensive Care Unit at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega.
Hollis faces 10 to 20 years in prison if convicted of the Class B felony, according to the Code of Alabama.
He will go before a judge in Talladega County Circuit Court either Nov. 29 or sometime in December for a preliminary hearing to consider all the evidence, Giddens said.
Until that time Hollis will be housed with the general population at Talladega County Jail.
