![]() ![]() News outlet al.com reported that law enforcement colleagues of the slain officer later Sunday saluted a mortuary transport van as it carried the fallen officer’s body to a local coroner’s office. Town issued a statement calling the shooting “a heartbreaking reminder of the dangers all law enforcement face while we sleep.” They were shot while serving and protecting our city,” he tweeted. “Join me in praying for the family of the Birmingham Police officer killed early this morning, and the officer who is currently in the hospital. News outlets said Carter is the first Birmingham officer killed in the line of duty in more than 14 years.īirmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin called for prayers on Twitter. He was promoted to sergeant in February 2018. We can’t go into great detail because we are still in the infancy stage of the investigation.”Ĭarter began his law enforcement career in 2002 as a correctional officer with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and worked for two other police departments before transferring to the Birmingham department. Smith added: “It appears our officers were unable to respond. “They asked him about it, he armed himself and fired upon our officers.” “The officers approached one suspect and patted him down where they found what they believed to be a weapon,” Smith said. When the undercover officer spotted suspects who appeared to be testing door handles on cars, he called for backup and Carter arrived, officials said. Officers were working a special detail in response to a rash of car break-ins in that area. This is a very difficult thing for the family, very difficult for the department.” “There’s not a chief, not an officer that ever wants to have to deal with this. Six Alabama law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty in 2019, according to numbers released by the Alabama attorney general's office following last month's fatal shooting of Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams.“This is one of the roughest hours of your career,” Smith said at a news conference, according to local media reports. ![]() “And I stand up here and tell you right now, Billy Clardy would do it all over again right now," he said. Madison County Sheriff Kevin Turner, his voice quivering at times, said Clardy loved working on the drug task force. McMurray was flanked by wreaths and surrounded by other officers. The father, Billy Clardy Jr., died in a crash while on duty in 1978, AL.com reported. McMurray said Clardy's father was also a Huntsville police officer. “He was an American hero.”Ĭlardy is survived by a wife and five children, according to the police chief. “Billy Clardy was more than a Huntsville hero,” McMurray said. He was selected for a drug task force in 2018. He had served as a community resource officer in Huntsville - a role in which he worked closely with the city's homeless population. Police Chief Mark McMurray said at a news conference on Saturday that Clardy joined the Huntsville police force in 2005 after serving in the military and as a law enforcement officer in other agencies. Police have said Clardy was wearing a bulletproof vest when he was shot. It was not immediately clear whether Brown had an attorney. Police identified the suspect as LaJeromeny Brown, 41, from Tennessee, news outlets reported. The suspect immediately shot Clardy on the porch and was captured after a short foot chase, authorities said. Agent Billy Clardy III was shot and killed while participating in a narcotics operation with the HIDTA Gulf Coast Task Force. ![]()
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