Police Officer Edward K. Alley Jr., aged 34, was fatally shot on December 25, 1980, while in the line of duty. The incident occurred when Officer Alley was attempting to apprehend two suspects involved in a convenience store robbery at the Majik Mart on 5th Avenue South in Birmingham, Alabama.
The robbery took place around 12:15 p.m., where a black male, later identified as Benny Ray Jones, entered the store with a silver pistol, ordered the employees and customers against the wall, and
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