Incident

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4-30-2024 Alabama Bessemer 0-1

Location

April 30, 2024

500 block of Fourth Ave N
Bessemer, Alabama

Participants

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Devon Vashaad Thomas
Age: 27
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

Suspect was breaking into vehicles when officers responded; suspect brandished firearm at officers and was wounded;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/man-injured-in-bessemer-shooting-that-possibly-involved-police-witnesses-say.html

URL: https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/man-shot-by-bessemer-police-investigating-reported-car-break-in-identified.html

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 19
State House District: 56