The Mobile Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Saturday night in the 600 block of Fisher Street, after officers say they encountered an armed man firing at another person while responding to an unrelated call.
According to a department spokesperson, officers arrived in the area around 10:30 p.m. to handle a different matter when they observed a man in the roadway firing a weapon at another individual. Officers ordered the armed man to drop his weapon. When he turned toward officers while still holding the gun, two officers opened fire, striking him once in the arm.
The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment. His condition following the shooting was not released, and police did not identify him publicly as the investigation continued. No officers were reported injured during the encounter.
Officer-involved shootings in Mobile typically trigger an internal review process alongside any criminal investigation into the underlying incident that prompted officers to respond. Investigators are working to determine the full sequence of events, including the relationship between the armed man and the person he was allegedly shooting at, and whether that individual was injured.
Fisher Street sits in a residential pocket of Mobile where officers say calls for service can range from routine disturbances to more serious incidents. Saturday night’s shooting adds to a string of weekend violence that has kept Mobile Police occupied with overlapping investigations in recent months.
The department is asking anyone with information about the shooting, including witnesses who may have seen the initial confrontation before officers arrived, to come forward. Tips can be submitted anonymously through Mobile’s CrimeStoppers program or by texting information to the department’s tip line using the keyword “CRIME411.”
Police have not released the identity of the intended target in the shooting or said whether that person was located and interviewed. As is standard practice, further details are expected to be released as the investigation progresses and once family notifications, if applicable, have been completed.
Officer-involved shootings remain relatively rare in Mobile compared to other incidents police respond to, and each is reviewed closely both internally and, in many cases, by outside investigators to determine whether the use of force was justified under department policy.