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       Fox News Brief 02-05-2020 10AM

       An Alabama police officer was fatally wounded in a shooting during a chase, a mayor said, and a suspect was charged with capital murder Wednesday.

       Kimberly Mayor Bob Ellerbrock told al.com a city police officer, whose name was not immediately released, was killed in a confrontation that began on Interstate 65 around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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       Police tried to stop a vehicle on the highway and the driver wouldn't pull over, news outlets reported. A patrol car from the town of Kimberly joined in and the officer was shot.

       The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment but later died.

       Jefferson County jail records showed that a man publicly identified as a suspect in the shooting, Preston Chyenne Johnson, 37, was charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a police officer a few hours later.

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       Three other people also were arrested, according to police in Warrior, but it wasn't clear whether additional charges were filed. Officials planned an afternoon news conference to discuss the shooting.