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Alabama Cop Who Shot And Killed Emantic Bradford Jr., Won’t Be Charged, Family Reacts
Emantic Bradford’s mom holds a photo of him in basic training.
A Missouri Woman Murdered Her Husband To Marry An Inmate
The Alabama cop who shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Bradford Jr. at a mall last year will not be criminally charged, officials announced Tuesday (Feb. 5).
After a two month inves- tigation, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall concluded that the officer's actions were “reasonable and not criminal.” The unnamed off-duty cop who was work- ing mall security at the time, gunned down 21-year-old Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, Jr. during a Thanksgiving night shooting at Riverchase Galleria. Officers were re- sponding to a shooting that left two people injured, when they encountered Brad- ford.
Police say Bradford, who was licensed to carry a con- cealed weapon, brandished his firearm. The shooting of- ficer fired four rounds at Bradford hitting him three times, including in the neck and lower back. According to
eyewitnesses, the officer opened fire immediately without giving a verbal com- mand. The investigation re- port concluded that the officer acted lawfully because he believed that Bradford was “going to murder” some- one.
“Officer 1 acted as any rea- sonable person would have acted in the same situation,” the investigation reports reads.
“The fact that Officer 1 mistakenly believed that E. J. Bradford fired the initial two shots that injured Brian Wilson does not render his actions unreasonable for two reasons,” the report contin- ues. “A reasonable person could have assumed that the only person with a gun who was running toward the vic- tim of a shooting that oc- curred just three seconds earlier fired the shots.” The actual shooter, Erron Brown, was arrested in At- lanta a few days later.
A Missouri woman now faces murder charges after it was discovered her husband didn't die in a house fire, but after being poisoned with an- tifreeze.
According to reports, Amy Murray, 40, has been charged with first-degree mur- der and armed criminal action for killing her husband Joshua Murray, who au- thorities originally suspected died in a fire.
The motive for the murder? She wanted to marry an in- mate convicted of second-de- gree murder.
Joshua's body was found after the Dec. 11 fire and The Missouri State Fire Marshall's Office and the Miller County Sheriff's concluded the fire was
arson. The fire began in the couple's master bedroom and was started using an acceler- ant.
An autopsy later revealed Joshua was dead prior to the fire and was poisoned. Cell- phone records show Murray was at the couple's home 30
minutes before 911 responded. In a statement to police, she said she took her 11-year-old son and two dogs to a local Mc- Donalds.
Murray was employed as a nurse at the Jefferson City Cor- rectional Center where she en- tered into a romantic relationship with Eugene Claypool. According to recordings of their telephone conversations, Murray said she didn't want to be married to Joshua and wanted a di- vorce. She later told Claypool they could get married because Joshua was dead. The two re- portedly spoke about hiring a lawyer for Claypool's early release.
Claypool is serving a life sentence.
5 Juveniles Arrested For Murder Of Musician In West Nashville
Police say they have arrested five young juvenile suspects in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old man, who was shot and killed during an at- tempted robbery outside his home on Thursday afternoon in West Nashville.
According to officials with the Metro Nashville Police, Dept., officers responded to the home on the 3200 block of Torbett Street just before 3 p.m.
The victim, 24-year-old Kyle Yorlets, was shot out- side his home but was able to make it back inside where one of his housemates found him, according to Metro police.
Investigators determined the five juvenile suspects were
KYLE YORLETS
RICHMOND, Va.— A movement to rename a Rich- mond, Virginia, thoroughfare for groundbreaking black ten- nis player Arthur Ashe, Jr. is cresting just as the state finds itself in turmoil over a black- face scandal involving the gov- ernor and attorney general.
The man behind the street renaming says the confluence of the two unrelated develop- ments involving race and his- tory could become an opportunity to start a conver- sation about race at a pivotal time.
“If we can rename the Boule- vard after him, it would be a huge cultural step forward. This is where we can start with reconciliation and we can start
ARTHUR ASHE, JR.
talking about the issues,” says Ashe’s nephew, David Har- ris Jr.
“It would be an opportunity for the City Council to be lead- ers on this. We know what’s going on down the street at the state Capitol. This would be a way for the City Council to say, ‘We want to show you the
way.'”
Ashe’s once-segregated
hometown boasts an athletic center named after him, and a bronze sculpture of Ashe sits among Richmond’s many Con- federate statues. But a pro- posal to rename a historic street for Ashe has been de- feated twice since his death in 1993.
A third proposal comes before the City Council for a vote Monday amid the black- face scandal .
Leaders throughout Vir- ginia’s political structure have called on Gov. Ralph Northam to resign after a racist photo on his 1984 med- ical school yearbook page sur- faced recently.
in the alley behind Yorlets' home when they spotted him outside. The juveniles took his wallet and demanded the keys to his vehicle, according to Metro police.
However, police say, Yor- lets was shot after he refused to give his car to the teenagers.
Yorlets was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pro-
nounced dead.
Yorlets was the lead
singer in a local band called Carverton and worked at Milk and Honey in the Gulch. Police say the suspects, all be- tween 12 and 16 years old, have been charged with criminal homicide in juvenile court.
Police spokesman Don Aaron said all 5 are known to police and to the court system.
Richmond Governor Scandal May Help Bid To Rename Street For Arthur Ashe
Missing South Carolina Teen Found Slain On County HighWay
A South Carolina teenager who disappeared on his way to school has been found dead, his body hidden in brush near a highway in Bam- berg County.
The Island Packet reports the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office says an autopsy has de- termined 18-year-old Malik Spencer was shot to death, and his death has been classi- fied as a homicide. A sheriff’s office release says his body was found late last month.
Spencer’s mother, Michelle Spencer-Ran- som, says she last saw her son in December when he left for school and she left for work. But she says the Whale Branch High School senior
MALIK SPENCER
never made it there. His car was found abandoned in a rural area days later, and po- lice said foul play was sus- pected.
The sheriff’s office and state law enforcement are in- vestigating.
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