Killing of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.

Shooting of Emantic Bradford
DateNovember 22, 2018 (2018-11-22)
Time9:52 p.m. (CST)
LocationRiverchase Galleria, Hoover, Alabama
Coordinates33°22′50″N 86°48′36″W / 33.3805351°N 86.8098851°W / 33.3805351; -86.8098851
TypeHomicide by shooting, police killing
CauseGunshot wounds to the head, neck, and back
Filmed byPolice body camera, mall surveillance, private videos[1]
ParticipantsDavid Alexander (shooter)
DeathsEmantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., aged 21
Inquiries
  • Hoover Police Department (initial)
  • Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
  • Alabama Law Enforcement Agency
Coroner
  • Gregory Davis; Results of the initial autopsy have not been revealed.
  • Roger Mitchell; Independent autopsy found Bradford was hit three times from behind, with a fatal shot to the head.
ChargesNone

On November 22, 2018, Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., an African-American man, was shot three times from behind and killed by Hoover police officer David Alexander on the night of Thanksgiving, at the Riverchase Galleria shopping mall in Hoover, Alabama.[2] Police responded to a shooting at the mall where two people were shot.[3] Another African-American man suspected in the first shooting was arrested in Georgia a week later and charged in the shooting of one of those injured. Bradford was holding a legally owned weapon when shot and was not involved in the prior shooting incident, although near the crime scene.[4][5] The shooting of Bradford was immediately controversial, and was condemned by the Alabama National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as an example of racially biased policing.[6]

  1. ^ Hrynkiw, Ivana (December 3, 2018). "E.J. Bradford shot in the back, attorneys say: What we learned from the private autopsy". Al.com.
  2. ^ Shah, Khushbu (December 3, 2018). "EJ Bradford was shot three times from behind by officer, autopsy reveals". the Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Police kill gunman during Black Friday sales at Alabama mall; 2 hurt". NBC News. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Capelouto, J. D. "Suspect in Alabama mall shooting arrested at relative's house in metro Atlanta". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Mall shooting suspects agrees on return to Alabama". Sunherlad.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "Alabama NAACP Strongly Condemns Hoover Police Shooting - Alabama State Conference of the NAACP" (PDF). Alnaacp.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2018.