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One police officer, Sgt. Wytasha Carter, 44, was mortally wounded and the other officer was critically injured in a car burglary gone south Sunday morning when the suspect fired on the two officers.
The shooting occurred on 5th Avenue North, where an undercover officer and a uniformed sergeant encountered a pair of car burglary suspects just before 2 a.m. One suspect pulled a gun and opened fire after being confronted by the officers, an official said.
"The officers approached the suspects to investigate when one suspect produced a weapon and began to fire at the officers," Birmingham police said in a release.
Birmingham police said Carter had been with the department since 2011 and was promoted to sergeant in February of last year. The Phillips High graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran began his law enforcement career as a correctional officer in Shelby County.
Carter, who is survived by his wife and children, is the first Birmingham officer killed in the line of duty in more than 14 years. On June 17, 2004, three officers were shot and killed while serving a drug warrant in Ensley, marking the deadliest day in department history.
The conditions of the injured officer and wounded suspect are unknown at this time.
The shooting occurred on 5th Avenue North, where an undercover officer and a uniformed sergeant encountered a pair of car burglary suspects just before 2 a.m. One suspect pulled a gun and opened fire after being confronted by the officers, an official said.
"The officers approached the suspects to investigate when one suspect produced a weapon and began to fire at the officers," Birmingham police said in a release.
Birmingham police said Carter had been with the department since 2011 and was promoted to sergeant in February of last year. The Phillips High graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran began his law enforcement career as a correctional officer in Shelby County.
Carter, who is survived by his wife and children, is the first Birmingham officer killed in the line of duty in more than 14 years. On June 17, 2004, three officers were shot and killed while serving a drug warrant in Ensley, marking the deadliest day in department history.
The conditions of the injured officer and wounded suspect are unknown at this time.
The shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. outside the Four Seasons Bar and Grill, where a plainclothes officer spotted at least one suspect checking door handles on cars parked outside the venue, according to police.
The shootout began after uniformed officers arrived on the scene after the plainclothes officer called for assistance, AL.com reported.
No information was immediately available about the identity or medical condition of the suspect.
A police investigation was continuing, reports said.
The Birmingham officer's death followed last week's killings of police officers in Shreveport, La., and Davis, Calif., and Saturday's vehicular death of an Illinois state trooper.
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