Birmingham residents react to officer involved shooting at their apartment complex Share Updated: 10:29 PM CDT May 16, 2021 Share Updated: 10:29 PM CDT May 16, 2021
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Show Transcript EVENING A SHOOTOUT AT A SOUTH SIDE BIRMINGHAM APARTMENT COMPLEX LEAVES ONE PERSON DEAD AND FOUR POLICE OFFICERS INJURED WVTM 13’S BRIA DOUGLAS IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WHERE SHE’S BEEN ALL DAY. THIS AFTERNOON BRIA. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT HOW ARE THE RESIDENTS REACTING TONIGHT? JEFF ONE MAN. I SPOKE WITH SAYS HE’S IN DISBELIEF BY WHAT HAPPENED. HE WENT SHOPPING EARLIER TODAY AND WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, EVERYTHING WAS BLOCKED OFF. SUNDAY AFTERNOON BIRMINGHAM POLICE WENT TO THESE APARTMETS ON 18TH STREET NEAR UAB HOSPITAL WITH THE SEARCH WARRANT. THEY ARE INVESTIGATION POINTED OUT A MAN LIVING THERE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING A MAN AND WOMAN AT BROTHER BRYAN PARK EARLY IN THE MORNING AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A DOG FOLKS WALKING