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21-year-old identified as emantic fitzgerald bradford jr. may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation but likely did not fire the rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim. police say bradford did flee the scene, brandishing his weapon. that's when an armed hoover police officer working mall security shot and killed him. so if bradford is not the one that shot the 18-year-old, there's someone out there that did. police say they now believe there were more than two people involved in the initial fight, with at least one gunman still at large who could be responsible for the 18-yea...

That turns out to be the wrong guy. on the other hand, if the deceased person was involved in the original altercation, had a gun, maybe fired shots, we don't know, then was fleeing, and then confronted by an officer and didn't surrender, didn't drop his gun, you could see where a mistake could be made like that. >> but it doesn't sound like that's the case. >> that's the point. we're going by what it sounds like and what we think happened and what the police conclusion was in that mall at that time with everything going on. it just needs to be investigated. hoover police issuing a statement, ...

Updates during internal investigation, but there was information discussed last night that updates merit and clarification. the initial report was two men got into a fight at the mall that resulted in a 21-year-old shooting an unarmed 18-year-old and the victim was taken to the hospital. the update says the 21-year-old identified as bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation, but likely didn't fire rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim. police say bradford fled the scene. an armed hoover police officer working mall security shot and killed him. if he is not the one ...

Killed 21-year-old emantic fitzgerald bradford jr., an armed man police originally believed was responsible for the shooting. now they say bradford is not the man that fired the shots and the search is on for the gunman. how did this discrepancy begin? >> i reached out to the agency that's taken over the investigation and they haven't responded yet to my questions to clarify this. right now we don't know where the gunman is or frankly how many people they're looking for. overnight, the hoover police department issued a statement that said our department does not typically issue media updates d...