By Associated Press - Thursday, March 19, 2015

MOULTON, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is probing a fatal police-involved shooting in Lawrence County.

Sheriff Gene Mitchell tells WHNT-TV (https://bit.ly/196EOAF ) that relatives of 39-year-old Shane Watkins called deputies for help in a domestic issue Thursday morning.

Mitchell says Watkins was shot when he charged at responding deputies with a weapon. Mitchell says authorities believe the man was holding a knife.



State officials are performing an autopsy on Watkins’ body in Huntsville.

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Information from: WHNT-TV, https://whnt.com/

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