Teen accused of killing two cops, police dispatcher
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Posted 9:12AM on Sunday, June 8, 2003
FAYETTE, ALABAMA - A teenager being booked at a small-town police station grabbed an officers gun and opened fire early Saturday, killing two officers and a dispatcher before fleeing in a police car, authorities said.<br>
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The cruiser was spotted about 3 1/2 hours later, about 10 miles beyond the state line in Mississippi, and the driver was arrested, said Lowndes County, Miss., Sheriff's Deputy Tony Mulligan.<br>
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The suspect, identified in Mississippi jail records as Devan Darnel Moore, 18, will be charged with capital murder, said Chris McCool, district attorney for Fayette County, Alabama.<br>
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The shootings stunned this quiet community of 5,000, an old textile town where many people work in small manufacturing plants near Alabamas hilly coal country.<br>
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Moore, who grew up in Fayette but graduated from high school in neighboring Walker County two weeks ago, was well known in town because his older brother, Michael Moore, played football at the University of Alabama and is now with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe.
