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Alabama deputies fatally shoot man who fired at utility worker, sheriff says

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Deputies fatally shot a man who earlier had fired a gun at a utility worker trying to shut off his water and later pointed a firearm at deputies, authorities said.

The shooting happened Wednesday in Russell County, in eastern Alabama near the Georgia state line. The man “fired a round” at the water works employee who had gone to the home to shut off water service, Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said at a news conference.

Deputies were then sent to the water works building to take a report and saw the man leaving the parking lot, Taylor said. They pulled over a man identified by authorities as 47-year-old Daniel Mooneyham during a traffic stop and shot him after he “presented a firearm out the window” of his vehicle, Taylor said.

The deputies and the utility worker were not hurt. Taylor said he did not think Mooneyham fired at the deputies, but their actions were appropriate.
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