Overview
- Birmingham officers shot a suspect during a response to a complaint outside UAB St. Vincent’s, the suspect died and police secured the scene.
- UAB issued a campus B-ALERT, restricted access around the North Tower and Level A parking deck, and said no patients or staff were injured.
- Multiple law enforcement units were on site, crime-scene tape surrounded part of the area, and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office was notified and sent a deputy.
- Police held a brief public statement but declined to take questions and said investigators are using multiple sources to reconstruct the encounter.
- Officials have not released key details such as the suspect’s identity, whether the suspect was armed, if body or surveillance cameras recorded the incident, or which agency will lead the use-of-force review.