Man killed in shootout that injured Cullen Stafford had history of threatening police
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jul 19 2019 9:47 AM
BIRMINGHAM: A man killed in a downtown Birmingham shootout that critically injured a police officer brandished a knife at lawmen trying to arrest him less than two years ago.
Authorities have identified the slain suspect as Roderick Wilson, a 35-year-old east Jefferson County resident. Wilson died in a row of hedges along 22nd Street North.
Birmingham police say Wilson robbed a mom-n-pop supermarket and then engaged officers in a running gun battle before he died in a hail of gunfire. Wilson was shot multiple times and identified through fingerprints because he was not carrying any identification.
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