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Roger Dale Gibson

Case from Dora, AL dated Feb 27, 2021

Victim Details

Roger Dale Gibson

Male

Dora

AL

2021-02-27

27

Roger

Dale Gibson

Substantiated

07/05/2026

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In the early morning hours of a late February day, the quiet streets of a Dora, Alabama neighborhood were broken by the sounds of a violent confrontation that would end in the death of 27-year-old Roger Dale Gibson. On Saturday, February 27, 2021, officers from the Dora Police Department responded to a call in a residential area around 6 a.m.

What transpired next resulted in a shooting involving two Dora police officers and Gibson. During the altercation, Roger Dale Gibson, a White male, ...
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  • Man killed in confrontation with Dora police identified
  • 27-year-old ID'd as man killed in confrontation with Dora police
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