Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff

Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff
Posted by Associated Press April 25, 2009 1:44 PM
Categories: Crime
HEADLAND, AL -- Officers in southeast Alabama shot a suspect to death after he killed one police officer and badly wounded a sheriff's deputy, authorities said.

Police said they got a call Friday afternoon that 53-year-old Fred Davis was firing a shotgun into the air outside his trailer. Henry County Sheriff's Deputy Ted Yost was first on the scene, and Davis shot and wounded him with the shotgun, State Trooper Kevin Cook said.

Davis then shot and killed Headland Officer Dexter Hammond with a high-powered rifle before other arriving officers shot and killed him, Cook said.
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Police officer, suspect killed in southeast Alabama standoff