New Evidence Suggests Man Killed By Alabama Police Was Not Mall Shooter

According to WBRC, two or more people were involved in an altercation at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Ala., on Thanksgiving. Shots were fired, injuring a 12-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man. Police stated that Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was fleeing the scene and wielding a handgun when he was shot and killed by officers, but investigators said new evidence suggests that Bradford Jr. was not the person who fired the shots that injured bystanders.

Hoover Police, who have relinquished command of the investigation, now under the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, sent out an updated press release, saying that they regret that their original information may have been inaccurate and that Bradford Jr., "did not likely" commit the crime that led to his shooting by police.

At least one shooter is still unaccounted for and a weapon was recovered on the scene. Alabama is an open-carry state.