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April 24, 2009
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HEADLAND, AL April 24 2009 (WSFA) – Numerous police agencies are on the scene of a fatal shooting in Henry County that claimed the life of a local police officer and wounded several others.
WSFA 12 News has confirmed that the slain officer was from the Headland Police Department.
Two other officers were injured as well. A Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy is fighting for his life at this hour. Sources tell us the deputy is in surgery at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. The third officer suffered minor wounds.
The gunman, identified as Fred Davis, was shot and killed by responding officers.
Investigators say the Henry County Sheriff’s Department received a call around 4:55pm stating that a man had a weapon.
Twenty minutes later the unidentified Headland police officer responded to the house, located at 5501 Co. Rd 55, where he was fatally wounded.
Other officers arrived on the scene and reported that Davis began firing at them.
At this time a motive is not known and investigators say the investigation is in its “infancy stages.”
WSFA 12 News has confirmed that the slain officer was from the Headland Police Department.
Two other officers were injured as well. A Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy is fighting for his life at this hour. Sources tell us the deputy is in surgery at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. The third officer suffered minor wounds.
The gunman, identified as Fred Davis, was shot and killed by responding officers.
Investigators say the Henry County Sheriff’s Department received a call around 4:55pm stating that a man had a weapon.
Twenty minutes later the unidentified Headland police officer responded to the house, located at 5501 Co. Rd 55, where he was fatally wounded.
Other officers arrived on the scene and reported that Davis began firing at them.
At this time a motive is not known and investigators say the investigation is in its “infancy stages.”
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