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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