BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities took a man straight from a rehabilitation center into custody Thursday as they arrested him in the shooting death of a Birmingham police officer last month.
Thirty-one-year-old Jeremy Elwin Owens rode in a wheelchair as he left the treatment center to face charges in the killing of Birmingham police Sgt. Wytasha Carter.
Speaking at a news conference, Police Chief Patrick Smith said Owens was arrested using Carter's handcuffs.
Carter and another officer, Lucas Allums, were shot while investigating a series of late-night car break-ins on Jan. 13. Authorities say Owens was being charged with capital murder, attempted murder and receiving stolen property, plus gun and drug offenses.
