Multiple law enforcement agencies joined in the effort to rid Selma and Dallas County of crime and violence Friday.

A taskforce, organized by Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson, executed multiple arrest warrants, which resulted in the arrest of at least four people that were wanted for various charges.

The taskforce consists of agents with the Fourth Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, U.S. Marshals, Alabama State Troopers and agents from Montgomery and Mobile. Friday’s sweep was the first of many for the taskforce, according to Jackson.

“Federal, state and local agents are here to put an end to the gang warfare that is going on,” Jackson said. “The gunslingers and gangsters need to pack up and get out of Selma because I, along with our citizens, are fed up and tired of them destroying our city.”

Dantrell Reeves, 19, was one of the four arrests made Friday. Reeves was running from law enforcement officers when he allegedly hid in a shed behind a home just off of U.S. Highway 80 near Woodland Drive.

According to Captain Mike Granthum with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, the homeowner found Reeves in the shed and held him there until they arrived on the scene and arrested him.

Reeves was wanted in Autauga County on felony probation warrants.

Ronterious Carter, 35, and Qua’Damian Durant, 23, were arrested after leading officers on a chase through the woods near a racetrack on County Road 74.

Carter was wanted for failure to appear for second-degree theft of property.

The pair allegedly took cover when they spotted a law enforcement helicopter flying over where they were parked near the track.

Carter and Durant led officers on a 100-yard chase, where they got rid of marijuana and a scale in their possession.

They were both charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

Roderick Blue, 29, was arrested near Craig Field for failure to appear on third-degree burglary and a court order.

According to Jackson, Friday’s sweep of wanted people in Selma and Dallas County was just the beginning of similar exercises to follow.

“This is going to go on for a while,” Jackson said. “They actually started a few days earlier, but this was the first really big day.”

Jackson organized the task force to eliminate gang problems in Selma and Dallas County.

“We’re trying to control all of the recent violence that has happened in Selma,” Jackson said. “There appears to be gang warfare going on between several groups, and we want to put an end to it before more people get killed or hurt.”