Alabama police kill 2 suspects after separate shooting incidents; 3 others found dead
Posted Dec 15, 2012 11:43:55 PM.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Police in Alabama have fatally shot two suspects following separate shooting incidents, one of which left three dead.
Authorities said a male suspect was shot in eastern Alabama by police following the fatal shooting of three males at a mobile home park. Police said the suspect led police on a chase that ended at a busy interchange near Interstate 20. They said the suspect was armed with an AK-47 and wounded a police officer during the pursuit.
The identities of the gunman and the three gunshot victims had not been released late Saturday evening.
In a separate incident, police said 38-year-old Jason Letts of Jemison opened fire early Saturday morning at a hospital in Birmingham, wounding a police officer and two employees before being shot and killed by another officer.
