From The Tribune staff reports
GADSDEN — One person was fatally wounded when they were shot outside a Gadsden elementary school on Thursday, June 7.
According to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Robert Tyler White, 32, of Bunnlevel, North Carolina, resisted and attempted to take the officer’s firearm. White tried to make forcible entry into a marked Rainbow City patrol vehicle. At that point, a School Resource Officer (SRO) with the Rainbow City Police Department attempted to stop the subject.
Additional officers from the Gadsden Police Department responded to the scene to provide assistance. The subject was injured by gunfire and was pronounced dead.
The incident occurred near Walnut Park Elementary School in Gadsden; however, no children were involved or harmed over the course of the incident.
Etowah County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene to assist, and all children were safely picked up from an alternate location.
Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) are investigating the shooting.
The findings will be turned over to the Etowah County District Attorney’s Office.
The story will be updated when more information is available.
