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Suspect Killed in Officer-Involved Shooting Outside UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Investigators are working to determine what led officers to open fire after a complaint, and UAB said no patients or employees were injured.
- On Thursday, Birmingham Police fatally shot a suspect outside UAB St. Vincent's Hospital following a foot chase that originated near University Boulevard.
- Chief Michael Pickett said the incident began when a patrol officer was flagged down by a McDonald's security guard reporting an assault, prompting a chase into the hospital's north parking deck.
- Inside the parking deck, Pickett said the officer attempted to "gain control of the individual"; the officer deployed a taser, but after the suspect tried to grab it, the officer fired.
- UAB issued a statement confirming "no patients or employees were involved or injured," while the Birmingham Police Homicide Division is investigating the shooting for the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.
- Birmingham Police plans to release body camera footage once it will not compromise the investigation, a decision following a 2012 fatal police shooting at the same hospital campus.
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