[GrandEagle]

Sensational TV news copy at its finest.

That is pretty much what happened. My wife thought he was a shoplifer or something when she drove up.

Here is a different version at www.wkrg.com
A different local news station

The Mobile Police Internal Affairs division is investigating a shooting death involving police officers. It happened Wednesday morning in the parking lot in front of the Big K Mart on Schillinger near Airport. Police say a man pulled a bladed weapon on two officers and at least one of the officers shot and killed the man. The dead man has not been identified. Police say they stopped to talk to him after shoppers reported he was driving recklessly.

A bit under stated here...

[newgeezer]

That is pretty much what happened.

But, "A man is dead after Mobile police open fire in a crowded shopping center parking lot" sounds like the victim was an innocent bystander. It also sounds like a typical one-liner 'teaser' the news babe floats during the so-called "news break" to get viewers to tune in at 11.

Apparently, these news hounds figured it wouldn't be enough to say one or more cops shot a midget wielding a carpet knife; they decided to sensationalize it with even more "those dirty, rotten cops" rhetoric.