{"id":73532,"date":"2016-04-17T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=73532"},"modified":"2016-04-17T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T17:00:09","slug":"breaking-alabama-police-officer-shot-in-the-face-suspect-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-alabama-police-officer-shot-in-the-face-suspect-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Police Officer Shot In The Face, Suspect Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
FLORENCE, ALABAMA — Florence Police have requested the assistance of the State Bureau of Investigation regarding an officer involved shooting that happened this morning at approximately 12:10am at the intersection of Cox Creek and Cloverdale Rd.<\/p>\n
The Florence Officer was shot in the face and has been transported to Huntsville Hospital. The officer was able to return fire, but the suspect managed to flee the scene.<\/p>\n
The officer is alert and talking.<\/p>\n
Approximately 30 minutes after the initial shooting, officers located a vehicle matching the suspect’s vehicle description. A short pursuit ensued and ended in the parking lot of Chisholm Hills Church of Christ.<\/p>\n
Approaching officers heard a single gun shot from the vehicle.<\/p>\n
No officer fired their weapon at this second scene.<\/p>\n
The suspect was subsequently discovered to be deceased.<\/p>\n
The SBI has taken over the investigation. Names\u00a0were not released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FLORENCE, ALABAMA — Florence Police have requested the assistance of the State Bureau of Investigation regarding an officer involved shooting that happened this morning at approximately 12:10am at the intersection of Cox Creek and Cloverdale Rd. The Florence Officer was shot in the face and has been transported to Huntsville Hospital. The officer was able […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":51566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n