JUST WANTED TO POST THIS AS THIS HITS WAY CLOSE TO HOME AS MY KIDS DADDY WORKS W/HIM & ENDED UP ON THE CALL LAST NIGHT W/MANY OTHER OFFICERS..A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP THAT HAS CHANGED THE LIVES OF SO MANY & RIGHT HERE AT CHRISTMAS!! ALL BECAUSE OF A DRUNK DRIVER....BELOW IS STORY....
Huntsville officer dies from gunshot wound; suspect charged
Posted by Niki Doyle December 15, 2007 12:28 PM
A Huntsville police officer shot Friday night has died from his wound, Huntsville police said this afternoon.
The announcement was made at police headquarters on Wheeler Avenue that officer William Eric Freeman, 36, of Hazel Green, died this morning.
Police Chief Henry Reyes said Kenneth Shipp has been charged with capital murder.
Reyes said Freeman and officer Kevin Lambert had been called to investigate a traffic accident with injuries on Bailey Cove Road just north of Weatherly Road at 8:43 p.m. When they arrived at 8:51 p.m., the chief said, they found Shipp sitting on the curb.
As the officers tried to arrest him for DUI, Reyes said, Shipp pulled a pistol and shot Freeman in the head. Lambert began struggling with Shipp, Reyes said, and two bystanders helped Lambert subdue him.
Freeman was married and had five children.
