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Officer Moorer was reportedly ambushed in his apartment when he went home for his meal break. An Alabama police officer was 'ambushed' and fatally shot early Tuesday morning while on duty. She was hospitalized but no additional information was available. A police officer was killed and his significant other wounded in an early morning ambush shooting Tuesday in Alabama, authorities said. Javonte Cornuis Stubbs, 18, is being held in the Chilton County Jail on counts of capital murder of a police officer and attempted murder of the woman, AL.com reports.

The shots were fired from outside, killing the officer and wounding the other person inside the residence at Selma Square Apartments, Attorney General Steve Marshall said.Īuthorities have not released the name of the woman who was shot. Moorer was on duty and went home for lunch early Tuesday at an apartment complex where he lived when he was shot, authorities said. Officials didn't provide any details about the arrest or shooting, and a possible motive isn't clear. The consequence is that within 24 hours there was an arrest,” Perkins told a news conference. , police officer was shot Tuesday evening in an ambush-style attack while responding to a home where a gunman had lured officers before opening fire and eventually killing. “The state stepped up and did exactly what was supposed to be done. Arrest Made in Homicide Investigation of Stephen Scott, Jr The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives have obtained a warrant for an arrest in the. credited members of the public for sharing information with law enforcement and the State Bureau of Investigation with its handling of the case. Jackson said Stubbs previously was a star football player at Selma High School. Family and friends comfort one another at a press conference in Kimberly, Ala., Jan.

He was taken to the jail in rural Chilton County and is set for a hearing Friday morning in Selma, he said.Ĭourt records weren't immediately available to show whether Stubbs had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf. Officer shot dead was ambushed, Alabama mayor says. Stubbs was charged with capital murder and attempted murder following his arrest at apartments in Tuscaloosa, Jackson said. (AP) An Alabama police chief said Sunday that one of his officers was hospitalized and was expected to survive after being shot while on patrol. This is a very difficult thing for the family, very difficult for the department.Officer Marquis Moorer (Officer Down Memorial Page) "There's not a chief, not an officer that ever wants to have to deal with this. "This is one of the roughest hours of your career," Smith said at a news conference, according to local media reports. Smith said one suspect opened fire after being confronted by the officers. outside a nightclub in downtown Birmingham, after a plainclothes officer spotted one checking door handles on cars parked outside the venue. They haven't released the names of the wounded officer or the suspects.īirmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said the officers approached the two suspects just before 2 a.m. Wytasha Carter, 44, who had been with the department since 2011. Police identified the officer who was fatally shot as Sgt. Two suspects are in custody, one of whom was shot and is receiving medical treatment, officials said. One Birmingham police sergeant was killed and another officer critically wounded early Sunday morning in a shooting as they questioned two people suspected of trying to break into cars in Alabama's largest city.