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Robbery Victim Shoots and Kills Armed Suspect at Twin Oaks Apartment

Jan 19th, 2016

On Monday, January 18, 2016 at approximately 8:09 p.m. officers responded to a report of one shot at Twin Oaks Apartments, 6451 Old Shell Road. The victim, 28, stated that as he was unloading groceries from his car an unknown subject approached and robbed him of his wallet at gunpoint. During the robbery, the victim managed to grab his own pistol, which was in his jacket pocket, and shot the subject through his pocket. The subject fled on foot running across the parking lot.

Police found the subject in the breezeway of one of the apartment buildings with the victim's wallet in his left hand and a revolver on the ground near his right hand. The subject was struck once in the center of the chest and once to the right side of his chest. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The homicide is justifiable and the case will be presented to the grand jury.

The decedent is identified as 18 year old Michael Lanier Clark.

Anyone with information is asked to call Mobile Police at 208-7211 or CrimeStoppers at 208-7000.


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Charlette Solis
Mobile Police Department
Public Affairs Officer
251-208-1918