Sergeant James Nicholas "Nick" Risner, a 40-year-old officer with the Sheffield Police Department, succumbed to gunshot wounds on October 2, 2021. The incident occurred during a shootout with a murder suspect in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
The events leading to the shootout began when the suspect shot and killed a passenger in a vehicle on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals, then pushed the body out and stole another vehicle. The suspect drove into the city of Sheffield, prompting a pursuit by
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