AL - Mall shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded, Hoover, 24 Nov 2018

[cybervampira]

Alabama mall shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded

Police in Alabama on Saturday were searching for a gunman whom they believe was responsible for shooting two teenagers at a shopping mall on Thanksgiving night.

The incident began with a fight and shooting in suburban Birmingham at the Riverchase Galleria, a mall crowded with Black Friday bargain hunters. An 18-year-old was shot twice and a 12-year-old bystander was shot in the back.

An officer responding to the scene then shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr. of Hueytown. Police said Bradford was fleeing the scene and was brandishing a weapon.

Police initially told reporters they thought Bradford had shot the teen after a fight but retracted that statement Friday night.

“New evidence now suggests that while Mr. Bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation, he likely did not fire the rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim,” Hoover Police Captain Gregg Rector said in a statement.

 

[cybervampira]

'They killed him for no reason,' says aunt of 21-year-old shot dead at mall

The aunt of a 21-year-old man shot dead at an Alabama mall said her nephew was killed by police "for no reason at all."

Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, who was armed, was shot Thanksgiving night when another man -- first believed to be Bradford -- and an 18-year-old got into a physical altercation at the Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, according to Capt. Gregg Rector of the Hoover Police Department.



Police initially said they believed Bradford pulled out a gun and shot the 18-year-old teenager twice in the torso before fleeing.

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[cybervampira]

ALABAMA MALL SHOOTING: Activists call for a boycott of the Galleria mall following police shooting and killing 21-year-old Emantic Bradford, an African American man who officials say was likely not the suspect in a shooting that hospitalized a teen and 12-year-old. (WARNING: This is a raw feed. Viewer discretion is advised)

More: Evidence suggests at least one gunman is still at large in Alabama mall shooting

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=261020781253463

 

[cybervampira]

Demonstrators have gathered outside the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama following the shooting death of Emantic Bradford, Jr.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1972509182841414

 

[cybervampira]

A family member speaks out after a shooting at a mall in Alabama on Thanksgiving evening.

The latest: Evidence suggests at least one gunman is still at large in Alabama mall shooting

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2179032595756782

 

[cybervampira]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=266158057381659

 

[Woodland]

Suspect this is another 'good guy' with a gun gone wrong - the second one I've read about in a short period of time. Jmo.

 

[SuzDuJour]

Suspect this is another 'good guy' with a gun gone wrong - the second one I've read about in a short period of time. Jmo.

Alabama is an open carry without a permit state. It apparently doesn’t pay to be a good guy with a gun. I’m waiting to hear what witnesses say.

 

[cybervampira]

Family of man killed by officer in Alabama mall shooting hires civil rights attorney

The family of a man who was fatally shot by a police officer at mall in Hoover, Alabama has retained a national civil rights attorney, a press release confirms.

Family members have hired Benjamin Crump to represent them in 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.'s Thanksgiving night shooting death. Crump represented Trayvon Martin's family in the 2012 to 2013 George Zimmerman case.

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Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr., 21, of Hueytown (Photo courtesy of family)

 

[killarney rose]

As an Alabamian, I will reserve judgement on the officers until all the facts are in. Birmingham (Hoover) is a city wracked with gun violence and there are daily shootings that don't make the national news.

 

[zencompass]

Everything in this whole tragedy is awful and terribly sad.

I can't even imagine the panic felt in the instant the shooter fired.

As we do not know all of the facts yet, the police officer may have reacted to a possible mass shooter. In that instant, who knows how they would have reacted had they been the officer.

My opinion is that I need to hear more facts and details.

 

[MsFacetious]

EJ Bradford may have also reacted to a potential mass shooter... it's possible he was chasing after the actual shooter.

Since it was a mall cop who shot him, there wasn't a lapse in time before they arrived.

This could be just like Jemel, except EJ didn't have time to tackle the shooter because EJ was shot faster.

 

[jjenny]

It's dangerous to be a good samaritan with a gun. Police arrive at the scene of the shooting, see a person with a gun, and react.

 

[zencompass]

Such a senseless situation. A young man has lost his life and his parents face this tremendous loss.

I am hoping that the CCTV cameras have surveillance of the shooter running.

 

[bwt42]

It's dangerous to be running from the scene of a shooting with a gun in your hand.

 

[Abba's Tears]

There are a lot of details yet to be revealed in this case. One question that came to mind was are firearms prohibited in the mall in question? Locally, there are postings on the mall doors indicating that firearms cannot be brought onto the property regardless of concealed carry permits or open carry laws. I realize that this has very little impact on the consequences of this incident or how this family feels. It was just something that I'm wondering about.

 

[cybervampira]

Video at link.

Family demands answers after police kill man mistaken for shooter of 2 at mall

As civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump blasted police on Sunday for the fatal shooting of a black man at an Alabama mall, a relative holding photos of the man collapsed, wailing.
Family members helped her up and consoled her. She repeated a detail that Crump had just offered reporters: Emantic Bradford Jr. had been shot in the face.
Crump and family members accused the Hoover Police Department officer who shot Bradford of rushing to judgment, failing to provide a warning before shooting, and declining to provide medical assistance to the 21-year-old they knew as EJ.

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[Falcon500]

EJ Bradford may have also reacted to a potential mass shooter... it's possible he was chasing after the actual shooter.

Since it was a mall cop who shot him, there wasn't a lapse in time before they arrived.

This could be just like Jemel, except EJ didn't have time to tackle the shooter because EJ was shot faster.

It wasn’t a “mall cop”. It was an off-duty Hoover officer working in the mall over the Christmas shopping season.

The deceased was not reacting to a mass shooter. Witnesses said that he was involved in an altercation with other people when shots were fired.

 

[Woodland]

It wasn’t a “mall cop”. It was an off-duty Hoover officer working in the mall over the Christmas shopping season.

The deceased was not reacting to a mass shooter. Witnesses said that he was involved in an altercation with other people when shots were fired.

BBM - do you have a link to any witnesses stating EB was involved in the altercation?

I went back over the articles posted here and cannot find a witness making such a statement. I can only find LE making follow-up statements alluding to EB's involvement, but not stating that he was in fact involved. LE already made an egregious error in throwing out to the public that EB was the shooter.

On Friday, Rector said in a statement, "New evidence now suggests that while Mr. Bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the altercation, he likely did not fire the rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim."

'They killed him for no reason,' says aunt of 21-year-old shot dead at mall

The gunman is still at large, and Hoover Police have not ruled out Bradford's involvement, officers confirm. As of Saturday evening, no new updates have been released from Hoover Police, or the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) who is investigating the shooting.

Family of man killed by officer in Alabama mall shooting hires civil rights attorney

Bradford's family slammed the inaccurate report and demanded that investigators immediately release all video of the incident. They also claimed Hoover police never contacted them before the initial report or after correcting it, leaving them to glean details from social media and other police agencies.

Family demands answers after police kill man mistaken for shooter of 2 at mall - CNN

Imo, if LE were truly trying looking for more info regarding EB's involvement, they would have contacted the family looking for his known friends and associates. That would help them find the shooter, no?

 

[Jennifer17]

It wasn’t a “mall cop”. It was an off-duty Hoover officer working in the mall over the Christmas shopping season.

The deceased was not reacting to a mass shooter. Witnesses said that he was involved in an altercation with other people when shots were fired.

Eh? Where did that come from?