Police identify fugitive wanted for Alabama shootings

FENTON, MISSOURI - A Georgia man who apparently shot himself in a Missouri motel this week was wanted for shooting two Alabama police officers. <br> <br> Authorities have identified the fugitive as 31-year-old Neil Perkins - of Roswell, Georgia. Perkins killed himself Wednesday night after an hours-long standoff with police. <br> <br> Police received a tip that Perkins was staying at the Motel 6 in Fenton near Interstate 44. His body was found eight hours after FBI units and police tactical squads evacuated the motel and began negotiations for a surrender. <br> <br> Perkins had been charged with shooting two police officers in Montgomery, Alabama. Officers found Perkins&#39; body in an attic space above one of the motel rooms. <br> <br> Police in Montgomery issued arrest warrants last week for Perkins, who was charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of transporting stolen property into Alabama.

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