Updated: November 28, 2017


NEW DETAILS IN THE HUNTSVILLE SHOOTING.  AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN OFFICER ON SUNDAY EVENING.  ACCORDING TO MEDIA SOURCES, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON NORTH EAST SAVORY CIRCLE IN HUNTSVILLE WHERE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE.  ONCE ON SCENE, OFFICERS WENT INTO THE HOME WHERE WILLIAMS FREDDY CARTER, JR SHOT AT THE FIRST OFFICER, WHO THEN RETURNED FIRE.  CARTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE OFFICER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND HAS BEEN RELEASED.  HUNTSVILLE POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE OFFICER INVOLVED BUT HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THE INVESTIGATION.