Democratic District Attorney was just ambushed and shot in the face
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Source: Washington Press
A former Alabama state trooper has shot the district attorney for Alabamas 17th Judicial Circuit, Greg Griggers, directly in the face today in an ambush attack, according to AL.com.
The local news site reports that the former trooper, Steven Smith, Jr., was killed by law enforcement responding to the crime scene after he shot the DA.
District Attorney Michael Jackson said that the dead assailant, Smith, has been investigated in the past in conjunction with a 1996 shotgun attack on the home of Sumter County Circuit Judge Eddie Hardaway, the first black judge to preside over Sumter, Marengo, and Greene counties in the state. Greg Griggers, the victim of todays shooting, was the district attorney for those same counties and a registered Democrat in deep red Alabama.
Read more: https://washingtonpress.com/2018/11/15/a-democratic-attorney-general-was-just-ambushed-and-shot-in-the-face_2/
No idea on the motive. Reports say the attack occurred as the D.A. Was sitting in his car.
More also at:
https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/former-state-trooper-killed-after-shooting-alabama-da-in-face.html
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)barbtries
(28,793 posts)but he is a Democrat. in Alabama
orleans
(34,051 posts)and no, he doesn't appear to be.
just one of those pesky dems
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Why ANYONE who works for a living would vote gop is beyond me. The gop is for wealthy people. I hope the judge pulls through. Sad to be shot because of your politics and beliefs.
Volaris
(10,270 posts)Against a government official that HE believed should be 'overthrown', all off this is fine.
If the children can't play nice with their toys, then those toys should be taken away.
2naSalit
(86,593 posts)and the victim was black according to the article.
BigOleDummy
(2,270 posts). us. Literally KILLING us. The GangOfPutins and fox are have whipped the nutjobs into a frenzy.
7962
(11,841 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142203463