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Omari Sharad Pollnitz

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Apr 28, 2019

Victim Details

Omari Sharad Pollnitz

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2019-04-28

38

Omari

Sharad Pollnitz

Substantiated

07/10/2026

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Omari Sharad Pollnitz, a 38-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, died on April 28, 2019, after gunfire erupted at a west Birmingham car detailing business where the evening had seemed ordinary only moments before. As daylight faded, officers were alerted to shots fired near the 2800 block of Bessemer Road, and when they arrived they found Pollnitz unresponsive at the doorway of the shop, struck by at least one gunshot. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced him dead at the scene ...
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  • Shooting death of man in wheelchair ruled justifiable, Birmingham ...
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