A man killed by a police officer after a Thanksgiving night shooting at an Alabama shopping mall, was „likely“ not the gunman who shot a teenager earlier that evening, police have clarified.
A man killed by a police officer after a Thanksgiving night shooting at an Alabama shopping mall, was „likely“ not the gunman who shot a teenager earlier that evening, police clarified on Friday.
The incident began with a fight and shooting Thanksgiving night in the glitzy mall crowded with Black Friday bargain hunters. An 18-year-old was shot twice and a 12-year-old bystander was shot in the back.
An officer responding to the scene then shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr of Hueytown who police said was fleeing the scene and brandishing a weapon. Police initially told reporters they thought Bradford had shot the teen after a fight but retracted that statement on Friday night.
„New evidence now suggests that while Mr Bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation, he likely did not fire the rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim,“ Hoover Police Captain Gregg Rector said in a statement.
