Manhunt underway for possible murder suspect wounded by officer; spree from Auburn to Bham

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A manhunt was underway Saturday in east Birmingham after an exchange of gunfire between police and a possible murder suspect is believed to have left the suspect wounded.

Police encountered a suspect wanted in a crime in another city and shots were fired. No officers were injured.

The ordeal in Birmingham began late Friday night but could have started as early as Friday morning in southeast Alabama when a woman was found slain there and her vehicle stolen and then moved northbound along U.S. 280 to where a husband and wife were found shot to death in their Dadeville home.

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Police Saturday afternoon said the suspect is being sought in potentially four murders spanning from Auburn to Birmingham. He is a black male wearing all black, about 6-feet tall and weighing roughly 210 to 220 pounds. As of 2:30 p.m., he was not in custody or identified and a shelter-in-place remains in effect for search area, which centers around the Crestwood Boulevard area all the way up to St. Martin’s in the Pines on nearby Montevallo Road.

Birmingham police Sgt. Rod Mauldin said officers were notified about 11 p.m. Friday that a vehicle being sought out of Auburn was spotted at the USA Economy Lodge on Crestwood Boulevard. That vehicle, Mauldin said, was taken in Auburn and involved in a homicide.

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