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.

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 ...

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

“I ask you to join me in praying for Steve Perkins’ family and friends, for those who are hurting, for our law enforcement officers and first responders, and for our city.” Decatur police ...

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) - Family and friends of Steve Perkins are pushing forward in the fight for justice. Former Decatur Police officer Mac Bailey Marquette, one of the officers involved in the death ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city has fired three police officers connected to the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during a dispute with a tow truck driver.

Steve Perkins, 39, was slain by an officer Sept. 29 outside his Decatur home after a tow truck driver who had arrived to repossess his truck told police he had threatened him with a gun ...

Steve Perkins, 39, was shot and killed by police on Sept. 29, 2023, when officers with the Decatur Police Department accompanied a tow truck driver trying to repossess Perkins’ truck.