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Police Investigate Officer Involved Shooting at French Quarter Apartments

Sep 18th, 2009

File Number: 09-09-3193

On September 18, 2009 at approximately 4:27 A.M., Mobile Police responded to a discharging firearms complaint at the French Quarter Apartment complex located at 557 Azalea Road. Upon arrival, officers confronted a male suspect identified as 25 year old Frank Demetrius Spencer on the premises of the complex.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that Spencer fired a shot at the confronting officer and began to flee on foot through the complex. The officer pursued the suspect on foot throughout the complex and returned gunfire striking Spencer. Spencer was subsequently transported to the University of South Alabama Medical Center by Mobile Fire/ Rescue Personnel where he was pronounced deceased at approximately 10:10 A.M.

Detectives with the Mobile Police Department's Criminal Investigation and Internal Affairs Divisions responded to the scene to conduct an investigation of the incident. The investigation into this case remains continuous, and further information will be disseminated as it becomes available.



Corporal Charles D. Bagsby Jr.
Public Information Office
Office: 208-1715
Fax: 208-1758
Email: charles.bagsby@cityofmobile.org