By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor

ALABASTER – A 29-year-old Alabaster man is facing up to life in prison after he was recently indicted on charges alleging he attempted to shoot and kill a victim on two separate occasions in 2014.

A Shelby County grand jury during its October session returned a three-count indictment against Jamel Kentrae Hall, who lists an address on Fifth Avenue Southeast in Alabaster. The indictment upholds two felony charges of attempted murder and one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of a firearm.

The Alabaster Police Department, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service, arrested Hall at his Alabaster residence at about 11:45 a.m. on June 10, 2014, and charged him with the two felony counts of attempted murder.

At the time of the arrest, Alabaster Police Chief Curtis Rigney said Hall was “on the run” from police after he heard officers were looking for him, and said the U.S. Marshals Service was “instrumental” in locating the suspect.

Hall allegedly shot and seriously injured a male victim while the victim was driving a vehicle on May 31, Rigney said. The suspect knew the victim in the case, Rigney said. The victim did not suffer life-threatening injuries in the shooting.

According to Hall’s arrest warrant, the victim was shot twice in the thigh during the May 31 incident. On June 6, Hall allegedly “shot at the victim while (the victim) was driving an automobile,” which led to Hall’s second attempted murder charge.

During both incidents, Hall allegedly “attempt(ed) to intentionally cause the death” of the victim by shooting him with a .25-caliber handgun, which Hall did not legally have the right to possess.

Hall is now scheduled to appear in Shelby County Circuit Court on Nov. 10 for an arraignment on the charges. Attempted murder is a Class A felony, and is punishable by up to life in prison upon conviction.