Suit filed against Alabama sheriff after mentally ill Black man killed in his home
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Wallace Wilder s daughters, Tamarra, center, and Mariah, right, attended an announcement that the family is filing a federal lawsuit against Pickens County Sheriff Todd Hall alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations. Wilder, who was mentally ill, was shot in his Gordo home by law enforcement officers on Aug. 28, 2019. Also pictured: a grand-niece, Chloe Harris, 8, far left, and Mariah s daughters, Skylar Sullivan, 5, and Alana Wilder, three months old. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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Attorneys for the estate of Wallace Wilder filed a federal lawsuit today against Pickens County Sheriff Todd Hall, who was involved in the shooting of the mentally ill Black man in his home in Gordo.
Pickens Co. husband sets house on fire with family inside 35-year-old Brian Jordan is charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson. (Source: WBRC) By Ugochi Iloka | March 10, 2021 at 6:13 AM CST - Updated March 10 at 10:42 AM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Pickens County Sheriff Todd Hall said a husband is accused of trying to burn his house down with his two kids and wife inside of the home. Miraculously, the family survived with no injuries.
Brian Jordan, 35, is charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of arson.
Hall said Jordan poured gasoline throughout the house and set it on fire. His wife and two kids, who were in the home at the time, were able to escape the fire through the window.
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