Crime & Safety
Dispute Over Alabama Football Game Turns Deadly: Police
A Bessemer man was shot and killed during what police say was an argument over the Alabama v. Texas A&M game Saturday.
BESSEMER, AL — A man is dead after a shooting in Bessemer that escalated from an argument over the Alabama football game Saturday. An AL.com report said 27-year-old Kealand Amad Pickens was shot before the game ended Saturday night at a residence in the 1000 block of Sixth Avenue North.
Lt. Christian Clemons told AL.com the argument between the shooter and Pickens involved which team was better, and the homeowner asked the two men to leave because they were fighting. Shots were fired once the men went outside the residence, Clemons said.
The shooter fled the scene, according to the report, but police know who he is.
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