Both officers and the suspect engaged in gunfire. Police report he fired at least one round striking an officer in the lower portion of both legs. He then again retreated into the wooded area.
Officers arriving on the scene found a pedestrian had been struck and that the vehicle was a marked Tuscumbia police vehicle.
"So, I grabbed a pot of coffee, and I walked around to tables and started pouring coffee. And what that did was completely changed the dynamics of the conversation."
Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Casey Thrower explained that due to the number of homes he visits daily, on occasions he leaves his vehicle door open because he’s had to retreat from being attacked by canines.
Chief Kevin Brock of the Summerdale Police Department told news reporters at the scene that the truck sped through a stop sign and hit his vehicle.
Deputy Brad Johnson was mortally wounded. Thursday afternoon he was taken off of life support, and his organs were donated to save other lives.
A Homewood, AL, police officer, who sustained critical injuries when his patrol motorcycle collided with another patrol vehicle during a pursuit Tuesday, is hospitalized and reported to be in stable condition.
According to Sheriff Sid Lockhart, the deputy was helping the Roanoak Police Department with a pursuit when he lost control of his patrol vehicle, a 2017 Ford Explorer.
Preston Johnson, 39, of Addison, avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to intentional murder on Monday. Johnson was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The school superintendent says 34 children were in the school at the time of the incident. He reports the man was trying to get into vehicles and “aggressively” tried to open several doors to the school.
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