DORA, Ala. (AP) Police in Alabama have identified a 27-year-old man who was shot to death during a confrontation with officers, one day after another man was killed by law enforcement in a separate shooting.
Roger Dale Gibson was wounded Saturday morning and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Walker County Coroner Joey Vick said.
Dora police Chief Jared Hall said officers responded to a neighborhood about 6 a.m. The chief said two Dora police officers and the suspect were involved in a shooting, but he did not release any additional information about the circumstances or what led to the gunfire.
One person died and a law enforcement officer was taken to a hospital after a shooting Friday evening in Walker County.
The Walker County Sheriff’s Office said on social media Friday evening that it was on the scene of a shooting in Empire.
The Sheriff’s Office stated that deputies had responded to a domestic violence call and that one person had died.
On Saturday, the Sheriff s Office said in a separate social media post that one of its veteran deputies was involved in a shooting which resulted in the death of a suspect.
The Saturday social media post by the Walker County Sheriff s Office, which was posted as a message from Sheriff (Nick) Smith, also made mention of a video making the rounds on social media showing a small portion of the incident that occurred.
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