Police officer shot dead by murder suspect during standoff

A police officer in Alabama has been shot and killed after a stand-off with a murder suspect, who also lost his life in the incident.

Officer Justin Billa, a former officer of the month, was fatally injured in the city of Mobile, after trying to detain a man wanted in connection with a murder. The suspect was also killed, though reports said it was unclear whether he was killed by police or else took his own life.

The dead officer joined the force in January 2016 and won the Mobile Police Department’s Officer of the Month award in June 2016, Mobile Police Department Chief Lawrence Battiste told reporters, according to the Associated Press. The suspect was identified as Robert Hollie.


Source : Yahoo News