BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An autopsy showed that a man who was killed during a shootout with Birmingham police shot himself, authorities said.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said it determined that Larry Dejuan Henderson, 26, of Birmingham took his own life during a confrontation that left a police officer wounded on Friday.
Al.com quoted a witness as saying the man shot himself in the head after wounding a police officer during a confrontation outside a small restaurant. It began when a police officer questioned the man after he initially refused to pay for food.
The officer, 47-year-old detective Mikiel Smith, was shot twice in the right arm but is in good condition.
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