He questioned why police appeared to be hiding in the dark near Perkins’ home. “Because Steve would have never come outside with a gun or even had a gun,” Gordon told AL.com. “If he came ...

On the night of September 29, 2023, Decatur resident Steve Perkins was shot and killed by then-police officer Mac Marquette. The incident, which took place in the midst of a towing dispute taking ...

Nick Perkins, the brother of Steve Perkins, has launched his campaign for Decatur City Council District 1. This announcement ...

Decatur residents, police officers, and local and state officials filled Ingalls Harbor Pavilion on a day of change and optimism Monday for the swearing-in of new Police Chief Torry Dewayne Mack. With ...

A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Stephen Perkins, a black man who confronted a tow truck driver as he was was trying to repossess his truck.

Mac Marquette, 25, is charged with murder for fatally shooting Steve Perkins just before 2 a.m. on September 29, 2023, while accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess Perkins’ truck at his ...

Mac Marquette, 25, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins shortly before 2 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2023, while accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess Perkins’ truck at his ...

A former Alabama police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver, the district attorney announced Friday.

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Attorneys for Steve Perkins' widow filed an amended complaint in federal court in their wrongful death lawsuit. The 26-page complaint raises new allegations of Decatur Police ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Steve Perkins’ family attorney Lee Merritt held a press conference Tuesday morning announcing the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Decatur. Merritt ...

Nov. 4—While Steve Perkins lay dying in his front yard after being shot by a Decatur police officer and police stood over him, a repossession agent from Allstar Recovery towed his pickup truck ...