MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Citronelle Police Chief Chris McLean says one person was shot after an altercation between two men in Citronelle.
Chief McLean says based on the evidence so far, it appears to be a case of self-defense.
Chief McLean says the incident happened outside the Junior Food Mart on the corner of US 45 and State Street around 11 p.m. Friday night.
Police say a man was walking into the gas station to get a snack when an intoxicated man attacked him before he could get to the door.
Police say surveillance video shows the inebriated man rush at the other man, swinging his fists and shouting. Chief McLean says the men exchanged words. At one point, officers say the man walking inside the gas station tried to back off and de-escalate the situation but to no avail. Chief McLean says the intoxicated man remained aggressive. The chief says the man trying to walk inside the gas station pulled out his gun and shot his alleged attacker.
Investigators say the shooter immediately rendered aid to the man who was shot and stayed on scene. Police say he is cooperating with law enforcement.
Chief McLean says neither man knew each other, and that one was from Chunchula and the other from Mobile.
Chief McLean says the man who was shot was in surgery Saturday morning and remains in the ICU at a hospital in Mobile.
The case will be presented to a grand jury.
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