Alabama Habitat for Humanity volunteers caught in shootout

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - Drug-related gunfire broke out at a Habitat for Humanity site, leaving seven volunteers from the University of Alabama to run for cover. <br> <br> No one was injured in the shooting that shattered the back panel windows of a university van as a student cowered inside. Two bullets also struck a Honda owned by Dan Stowers, the Habitat for Humanity site supervisor. <br> <br> The rest of the volunteers hid in a closet until police arrived. <br> <br> ``We heard the gunfire, and we just ran,&#39;&#39; said Mary White, 21, a University of Alabama student and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. ``I&#39;ve never heard gunshots.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Antonio Graham, 26, Deyonta Mells, 16, and Harold Roberson, 25, were arrested on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. <br> <br> They were in a cars that matched those that fled the shooting. Police said they are seeking other suspects and investigating whether the three arrested were the gunmen. <br> <br> The students were working on the house when they heard two men yelling across the street. About 40 men quickly arrived in 15 cars and gunfire broke out. <br> <br> Witnesses said eight to 10 shots were fired when passing motorists exchanged fire with a man on the sidewalk. Police recovered about five shell casings. <br> <br> Police said they believed the shooting stemmed from a drug-related dispute and one window of the Habitat for Humanity house had already been shot out. <br> <br> The students will remain in St. Petersburg but work on a different site, officials said.

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