From Tribune staff reports
BARBOUR COUNTY – A 49-year-old Eufaula man is in jail without bond, accused of shooting in the direction of a fire marshal and a police officer and striking their vehicles.
.”The incident occurred Sunday, Jan. 7, after an officer with the Eufaula Police Department and a deputy fire marshal with the Alabama Fire Marshal’s Office were patrolling west Barbour County near U.S. 431 concerning an ongoing situation,” Burkett said. “While on patrol, a subject discharged a firearm in the direction of the deputy fire marshal and the Eufaula police officer, causing damage to both the officer’s and deputy fire marshal’s vehicles.”
The subject was identified as Patrick Lashone Brooks, 49, of Eufaula. Brooks was arrested and charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle and attempted murder.
He was booked into the Barbour County Jail with no bond. No officers were injured over the course of the incident.
No further information is available as the investigation is ongoing. Once complete, the findings will be turned over to the Barbour County District Attorney’s Office.