COLBERT COUNTY-The identity of the man who died Sunday evening, October 4 during an incident involving police officers at the Tennessee Valley Authority Reservation. Colbert County Carlton Utley said Eric David Edgell, 27, Tuscumbia, died after being transported to Shoals Hospital Emergency Department. Edgell’s body has been taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy,according to authorities.
Senior Trooper Johnathan Appling, with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) released a statement from the agency:
“ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is investigating yesterday’s officer-involved shooting at the request of the Muscle Shoals Police Department,” the statement reads. “SBI will report their findings to the district attorney once the investigation is complete. Nothing further is available for release as the investigation is ongoing.”
Authorities said the incident began around 3 p.m on Sunday after Colbert County Sheriff’s Department along with Sheffield and Muscle Shoals Police received a call stating that an armed man was near the entrance to Jack-O-lantern Farms. Officers responded where according to Colbert County Sheriff Frank Williamson Edgell fired on officers and they returned fire.
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Dear Roger, Regarding your story written on Oct. 6, 2015 concerning the death of Eric D. Edgell, officer involved shooting, there is more to the story. This is Eric’s father, Tim Edgell. The local and state ALEA police depts., along with the investigator, Heath Moss, the Sheffields Mayors office, the state legislators, Robert Aderholt, office, all have withheld information from me for nearly 5yrs. Our family has not received a single police investigative report about my son’s killing in the woods outside of Muscle Shoals. In this day of revolt against law enforcement agencies for lack of transparency, truth and accountability for the civil rights of all races of people, this is an unjust act to the caucasian family of Eric Edgell. I’m sure it’s difficult to know that such unfair behavior exists within your state and even within your little community. No one seems to care or has interest in telling the family of a young man killed on the borders of your town, the truth they deserve to know. Tim Edgell