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Authorities say a police officer in northern Alabama allegedly shot and killed a 68-year-old man who had dementia and was wielding a kitchen knife. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is launching an investigation into the shooting that happened Sunday evening in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Authorities say a police officer in northern Alabama allegedly shot and killed a 68-year-old man. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is launching an investigation into the shooting that happened Sunday evening in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Police in Alabama say they have fatally shot a person who was armed with a knife on a highway. The Opelika Police Department says officers were responding to an accident on Interstate 85 on Tuesday when they were confronted by the subject.

An Alabama police chief said he believes department policies were violated when officers shot and killed a man during a dispute with a tow truck driver, but did not elaborate on what those policies were.

Officials in Alabama say a Huntsville police officer who previously worked on the Tuscaloosa force has died after being shot and another officer was critically wounded. The two officers were shot Tuesday evening at an apartment complex as they were responding to a 911 call where a woman said she had been shot.

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MADISON, Ala. (AP) — Officials in an Alabama city have put on hold plans to honor three police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of a Black…

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The family of a man killed by Hoover police Thanksgiving night asked the state attorney general Monday to meet with them and also to release video of the…

The Huntsville City Council has voted to pay an additional $25,000 for the legal defense of a police officer charged with murder.Al.com reports the…