Alabama cops kill two suspects following separate shoot outs
17 Dec 2012 6:50 AM IST
Police in Alabama killed two suspects following separate shooting incidents that left three other people dead and several injured, including two officers.
East of Birmingham, police shot and killed a man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle at the end of a pursuit that began with a triple killing in Cleburne County, near the Georgia state line on Saturday, authorities said.
Authorities said Jason Letts, 38, of Jemison opened fire on Saturday at a hospital in Birmingham, wounding a police officer and two employees before being shot and killed by another officer. Police were sent to St. Vincent's Hospital around 4 AM to check on a report of an armed man inside the facility. Two officers who arrived separately converged on the suspect on the hospital's fifth floor.
‘When the officer encountered the suspect, there was immediate gunfire from the suspect,’ Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams said. He said detectives were still trying to establish a motive.
East of Birmingham, police shot and killed a man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle at the end of a pursuit that began with a triple killing in Cleburne County, near the Georgia state line on Saturday, authorities said.
Authorities said Jason Letts, 38, of Jemison opened fire on Saturday at a hospital in Birmingham, wounding a police officer and two employees before being shot and killed by another officer. Police were sent to St. Vincent's Hospital around 4 AM to check on a report of an armed man inside the facility. Two officers who arrived separately converged on the suspect on the hospital's fifth floor.
‘When the officer encountered the suspect, there was immediate gunfire from the suspect,’ Birmingham Police Sgt. Johnny Williams said. He said detectives were still trying to establish a motive.
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