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Montgomery police officer charged in death of Gregory Gunn (Alabama)
WSAF TV 12 Montgomery AL ^ | 3/2/2016 | WSFA Staff

Posted on 03/02/2016 4:16:25 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Montgomery police officer Aaron "A.C." Smith, 23, has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of Gregory Gunn.

Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey stated during a Wednesday afternoon news conference that "probable cause" was found in an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation to arrest Smith. Smith was booked in the Montgomery County Detention Facility with a $150,000 bond.

"The State Bureau of Investigation has been working non-stop since Thursday, thoroughly investigating the shooting death of Gregory Gunn," Bailey said. "The District Attorney's Office has been in constant contact with SBI and has consulted with their agents throughout the investigation."

The investigation started shortly after Gunn, a 59-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Smith, a white police officer, in the city's Mobile Heights neighborhood early Thursday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsfa.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; leo; police
Unconfirmed reports say that the cop's body cam was "inoperative".
1 posted on 03/02/2016 4:16:25 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair
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To: Fundamentally Fair

Gun kills Gunn


2 posted on 03/02/2016 4:21:56 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (My first choice is Trump)
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To: Fundamentally Fair
Take anything Alvin Holmes says with a grain of salt.
3 posted on 03/02/2016 4:22:13 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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This is valid news. Why wold it be moved to chat?


4 posted on 03/02/2016 4:32:58 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair; Admin Moderator

Assuming I didn’t bollocks the category myself...


5 posted on 03/02/2016 4:34:03 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

I don’t have a lot of faith in today’s LEO’s but I also remember in the Michael Brown case how the “community” so hated white people that they lined up to lie about what happened.


6 posted on 03/02/2016 4:35:21 PM PST by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Fundamentally Fair

Not us, but moved to news.


7 posted on 03/02/2016 4:37:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: stocksthatgoup

BAng, Bang...He shot me dead...


8 posted on 03/02/2016 4:57:13 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

round after round, he was gunned down...


9 posted on 03/02/2016 4:57:47 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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My fault then.

Apologies.


10 posted on 03/02/2016 4:59:30 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

My father always used to say, nothing good happens after 3:15 am.


11 posted on 03/02/2016 5:04:00 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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My fault then.

Apologies.


12 posted on 03/02/2016 5:13:39 PM PST by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

Montgomery a sewer run by African Americans. You’ve got to be nuts to be a white cop in such a place.


13 posted on 03/02/2016 5:41:23 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: Fundamentally Fair
Don't these things usually go to a grand jury then an arrest?
14 posted on 03/02/2016 7:07:17 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

City threw the white cop to the wolves, looks like. We’ll wait for the investigation, but we’ve seen this movie before.


15 posted on 03/02/2016 7:30:28 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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To: stinkerpot65

It is. I live too close to that sewer for comfort. I would never even live in that county, much less the city. Locals call it “The Gump”, as in rhymes with “dump.” Our proud state capitol!


16 posted on 03/02/2016 7:31:46 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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To: Fundamentally Fair

From the article:

“Montgomery police have said Smith was on routine patrol when he noticed what he believed to be a suspicious man walking down the street. Smith engaged Gunn, and there was a struggle that continued for about a block. At some point Smith fired his weapon and fatally struck Gunn.”

I’ll wait for more info because this little bit leads to fantasies on both sides.


17 posted on 03/02/2016 9:04:43 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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