MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A Mobile man involved in a shootout with police in 2019 will be going back to prison after a federal judge ruled he violated the terms of his supervised release.
Johnny Vail pleaded guilty in October 2019 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. A judge sentenced him to almost six years in prison followed by a period of supervision by the U.S. Probation Office.
The gun charge arose from an incident in August 2019 near the R.V. Taylor Public Housing Complex. Vail was with another man who admitted to shooting at police…