Alabama Police Kill Suspect While Responding To Domestic Call

HUNTSVILLE, AL — A man is dead after police responded to a domestica call Sunday night. Police say the man had a gun when they encountered and shot him; an officer was wounded in the incident, reports said.

News outlets reported that Huntsville police Sgt. Jonathan Ware says three officers responded to a domestic call between a man and a woman on Sunday night and were met by an armed man. Ware says shots were fired, but investigators say they're not sure who fired first.

Ware says an officer was struck, and another officer fired back, killing the armed man.

The officer was taken to Huntsville Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg and released Monday morning.
The deceased man has not been identified.

Ware says police don't know the man's relationship to the woman who called police.

Story by the Associated Press.

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