Man dies following struggle with Birmingham Alabama store security guard
Birmingham AL April 18 2020
An investigation is underway after a deadly struggle between a store customer and a security guard in the Ensley section of Birmingham.
Birmingham police Sgt. Rod Mauldin said West Precinct officers responded about 4 p.m. to Marino’s Market on Avenue E in Ensley on a report of a disorderly man. When they arrived on the scene, they learned that the man and the security guard had gotten into a scuffle with each other.
The security guard handcuffed the man and took him outside.
By the time police arrived, the man was unresponsive.
He was taken to Princeton Baptist Medical Center.
Police were notified of the 50-year-old man’s death at 5:40 p.m.
Witnesses said the security guard choked the man until he became unresponsive.
Another witness told AL.com that the agitated customer was trying to get the security guard’s gun, which he then handed to the witness while the security guard detained the man.
Police said they do not yet know details about what happened. Homicide detectives are at the store investigating.
A cause and manner of death won’t be confirmed until an autopsy is completed.
AL.com
