Azell Harris

Murdered

Police Officer Azell L. Harris, a 42-year-old member of the Birmingham Police Department in Alabama, was fatally shot on May 4, 1969. At the time of the incident, Officer Harris was moonlighting at a local freight line warehouse located at 4th Avenue and 3rd Street North in Birmingham.

An employee at the warehouse informed Officer Harris that two men were stealing lawn mowers from the warehouse docks and loading them into their car. When Officer Harris confronted the suspects, a shootou ...Read More

Police Officer Azell L. Harris, Birmingham Police Department, Alabama

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