UPDATED: 1 dead in Dale County officer-related shooting; SBI leading investigation | Crime News
OZARK—An investigation into an officer-related fatal taking pictures late Monday afternoon in Dale County has been turned above to the Alabama Legislation Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), according to an ALEA news release.
SBI particular brokers took in excess of the investigation at the ask for of the Dale County Sheriff’s Workplace. The launch notes that two sheriff deputies had been associated in the incident.
The target, who was fatally injured in the 4:55 p.m. incident, was determined as Samuel Ed Farnam Jr., 44, of Ozark. No officers had been wounded for the duration of the incident, according to the ALEA release.
In a information launch from the Dale County’s Sheriff’s Office, it was confirmed that the Ozark-Dale County E911 been given a contact concerning a “rolling domestic incident” with shots fired on U.S. Highway 231 South concerning Newton and Ozark. Dale County deputies intercepted the suspect’s motor vehicle as it entered the Ozark city limits and noticed it strike the victim’s vehicle as they ended up approaching.
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The launch states that when deputies tried to conduct a targeted visitors stop, a pursuit ensued. The pursuit entered Ozark and the suspect’s car or truck commenced traveling north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 231. As the pursuit neared the intersection of Deese Road, a deputy carried out a PIT maneuver disabling the suspect’s motor vehicle. “At the conclusion of the pursuit, deputies discharged their weapons in get to apprehend the armed suspect.”
No supplemental particulars about the incident were being produced, and the findings of the SBI investigation will be turned in excess of to the Dale County District’s Lawyer Office.
