Man charged with murder got stopped with gun and drugs – but police didn’t arrest him

DeAngelo Merrill is facing a murder charge.

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) -- Police on May 17 pulled over a car that DeAngelo Demetrius Merrill was riding in and found cash, drugs and a loaded gun – yet did not arrest him.

Instead, Mobile police issued an arrest warrant days later, long after officers had apprehended him following a chase through a wooded area near Agate Street on the day of the stop. That warrant was still active when Merrill, according to law enforcement allegations, fatally shot 74-year-old James Jones on Tuesday night.

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