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'We Were Denied Basic Dignity': Family of Teen Killed by Police Officer Makes Demands
- Jabari Latrell Peoples, an 18-year-old from Aliceville, died Monday night after being fatally wounded by a police officer during an incident at Homewood Soccer Park.
- The shooting followed a police investigation of a suspicious vehicle after an officer smelled marijuana, leading to an attempted arrest and a physical altercation with Peoples.
- Police reported that Peoples broke away from the officer, grabbed a handgun from the open driver’s side door compartment, posed an immediate lethal danger, and prompted the officer to fire one shot in self-defense.
- Backup arrived within 1 minute 36 seconds and began medical treatment, but Peoples died less than an hour later at UAB Hospital in Birmingham at 10:06 p.m.
- The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the incident as a homicide while Peoples’ family demands full transparency and accountability, asserting violations of civil and human rights.
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'We were denied basic dignity': Family of teen killed by police officer makes demands
By Taylor Lang, Riley Conlon Click here for updates on this story HOMEWOOD, Alabama (WVTM) — The family of Jabari Latrell Peoples, 18, say they were never contacted by law enforcement the night their son was shot and killed by a Homewood police officer. They released a statement setting demands on law enforcement and noting contrary items to what’s been released by agencies. Homewood police said they were investigating a suspicious vehicle a…
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Multiple agencies: 18-year-old shot, killed by police officer at Homewood soccer field
Homewood police said they were investigating a suspicious vehicle at the park when Jabari Latrell Peoples got into a fight with an officer. He pulled out a handgun and shot the suspect, according to ALEA.
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