Updated: November 27, 2017


A HUNTSVILLE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN RELEASED AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE LEG ON SUNDAY.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON NORTH EAST SAVORY CIRCLE IN HUNTSVILLE NEAR OLD GURLEY RD WHERE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.  UPON ARRIVAL, GUNFIRE WAS EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE RESIDENCE.  THE SUSPECT WAS FATALLY WOUNDED AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THIS MORNING.  THE IDENTITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.