Tuscaloosa police charged Daronte Collins with felony murder after a Saturday apartment-complex shooting.

WBRC's jail photo is captioned Daronte Collins and puts both men at 22. The Tuscaloosa Thread, citing Violent Crimes Unit Lt. Michael Hall, spells the charged man Deronte and puts both at 20. Patch and the Calhoun Journal also use Daronte and 20. A felony-murder count, which the Thread and the Journal describe as Alabama's rule when someone dies during a robbery, is not a finding that Collins fired the shot that killed Tyson. The Thread says the 25-year-old has not been charged.

WBRC reported Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, that Tuscaloosa police charged Daronte Collins with felony murder, first-degree robbery, attempted murder, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. The station published a Tuscaloosa County Jail booking photo captioned with that name and said he is being held without bond. The Tuscaloosa Thread, the Calhoun Journal, and Tuscaloosa Patch reported the same four charges. The Thread said he has not entered a plea. A four-count charging announcement is the accusation.

The accounts of who he is do not match. WBRC said Collins is 22 and that Kurtae’vious Earl Tyson, also 22 and also of Oxford, was the man who was shot and later died. The Thread, citing Violent Crimes Unit Lt. Michael Hall, identified two 20-year-old Oxford men, spelled the charged man Deronte Collins, and used the same spelling of Tyson's name. Patch and the Calhoun Journal used Daronte and 20 for both. The booking-photo caption WBRC published is the Daronte spelling. The Thread's spelling is the one attached to Hall's name in that story. Twenty and twenty-two are both in the Sunday coverage. They are not the same age.

What police say happened is more consistent than the name and the age. WBRC, the Thread, Patch, and the Calhoun Journal reported that officers were told around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, that a shooting victim was being taken to DCH Regional Medical Center from the 1000 block of Investigator Dornell Cousette Street. They reported the shooting was in the parking lot of Magnolia Apartments at 5621 Highway 69 South. Hall, as the Thread and Patch reported him, said Collins and Tyson tried to rob a 25-year-old Tuscaloosa man, that shots were exchanged, and that Tyson was critically wounded and later died. The Thread said the 25-year-old was not identified and that no charges against him were announced. The charge list includes shooting into an occupied vehicle. None of these accounts say who fired the shot that killed Tyson.

The Thread and the Calhoun Journal both described Alabama felony murder as a charge that can be filed when someone dies during certain felonies, including robbery, even if the person charged is not accused of firing the fatal shot and even if the person who died was part of the felony. That is their account of the statute. It is not a finding about this shooting. The Thread and Patch said Collins is in the Tuscaloosa County Jail without bond under Aniah’s Law. WBRC reported the no-bond hold and did not name that law. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.