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.
