1 dead after police shooting in west Alabama town
Posted Jul 19, 2019 04:18:24 PM.
ALICEVILLE, Ala. — A police shooting has left one person dead in the west Alabama town of Aliceville.
Police Chief Tommie Jones tells news outlets the shooting happened about noon Friday. He says an officer fired to stop a vehicle near the city’s downtown area.
Authorities haven’t said who was in the vehicle or released other details. But photos shared on social media show police vehicles around a vehicle along a street that’s blocked by yellow tape.
Aliceville is a town of about 2,300 people. It’s nearly 100 miles (160 kilometres) west of Birmingham near the Mississippi state line.
The Associated Press