Armed domestic violence suspect fatally shot by St. Clair County deputy, sheriff says
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
A St. Clair County man was fatally shot Monday night by deputies responding to a domestic violence call.
Authorities were dispatched at 10:05 p.m. to a physical domestic altercation at 490 Pepper Road in Cropwell, St. Clair County Sheriff Billy Murray said Tuesday.
When officers arrived at the location, they encountered a man who was brandishing a handgun. The deputies repeatedly ordered the man to drop the weapon but instead, the sheriff said, the man pointed his gun at a deputy.
The deputy then fired his weapon and struck the man. He was pronounced dead on the scene.