Suspect dead after cross-county pursuit, officer-involved shooting in west Alabama [Video]

GREENE COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – A person is dead after shots were allegedly fired and led police on a chase from Northport into Greene County.

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) reports that Northport Police were conducting a traffic stop in the 4000 block of McFarland Boulevard at approximately 11:15 Thursday night when shots were fired and the vehicle fled the scene.

The pursuit travelled throughout multiple areas of Tuscaloosa County and into Greene County before the suspect crashed near exit 52 on Interstate 20/59.

Authorities from the Northport Police Department, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and from within Greene County approached the vehicle and reported that the suspect was armed. Shots were fired by several of the responding officers, striking the suspect.

The suspect was treated on the scene and transported to the hospital. They did not survive.

VCU detectives are investigating the …