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The “Open Doors” program launched by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office to minimize trauma on families impacted by homicides is being used as a model for other district attorney’s offices across the nation.
This year there have been 43 homicides in the City of Montgomery. District Attorney Daryl Bailey said children have been involved in 90% of these incidents and are being exposed to trauma at an alarming rate. In early July, a 10-year-old child witnessed his own father’s shooting in Pike Road.
They launched the “Open Doors” program last year to offer counseling services to youth who have witnessed or been a part of a homicide. Investigators and therapists arrive on crime scenes to canvas the area for children. They then provide further assistance with families based on specific needs, connecting them with necessary mental health services. The DA’s office is working with Montgomery Police, the County Sheriff’s Department, Mo
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Montgomery District Attorney Daryl Bailey said today a preliminary autopsy report found that a kidnapping suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot in an encounter with police, who fired into the vehicle he had entered outside a Montgomery hotel. Gary Moncrief, 32, died in the incident May 18 at the Microtel Inn in Montgomery. Lawyers for the family have said Moncrief was unarmed and was shot .
UPDATE: Dispute Over Officer-Involved Shooting Incident in Montgomery
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Gary Moncrief (right) – Contributed photo
Attorneys for a man who died during an incident involving Montgomery police last week are speaking out against the police department for what they say was the murder of an unarmed Black man. But Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and District Attorney Daryl Bailey say those attorneys are ignoring the facts of the case.
Gary Moncrief died Tuesday night, May 18, outside the Microtel hotel near exit 11 off Interstate 85 in Montgomery.
Attorneys Michael Strickland and Dewayne Brown were gathered with members of Moncrief’s family outside the Alabama Supreme Court building for a news conference, where they said Moncrief was the latest Black man in this country to die at the hands of police. They say he was unarmed when a Montgomery police officer shot and killed him as he sat inside the back seat of a car.
Roughly two hours after pleading with the public for help finding the missing newborn, authorities arrested Caleb Michael Whisnand Sr. for the child’s death.