A judge in Alabama has scheduled a hearing for a man charged in gunfire that sparked a fatal police shooting which set off weeks of protests near Birmingham.

A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday morning for Erron Brown, who is charged with attempted murder in a shooting that severely injured a man in a suburban shopping mall on Thanksgiving night.A police officer fatally shot Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr. moments later after seeing him with a gun.

The black man’s death sparked days of demonstrations in Hoover.

The hearing provides prosecutors a chance to lay out evidence against Brown, who was arrested in Atlanta.

The defense could try to poke holes in the case with witnesses of its own.

A judge will decide whether grand jurors hear the case.
(Associated Press, copyright 2018)

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