The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office discussed an officer-involved shooting investigation during a press conference Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Jonathon Horton stated that a Sardis City police officer was called to the town’s middle school at around 7:30 a.

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville State University’s Center for Applied Forensic Science are investigating the fatal shooting by a Sardis Police Department officer of a Boaz man on Oct.

The situation began around 7:30 a.m. when an officer responded to a call about a possible disturbance in the car drop-off line near Sardis Middle School.

Etowah County Sheriff Jonathon Horton confirmed a police officer shot a man who was then pronounced dead in an unincorporated area of the county Wednesday morning.

One person is dead following an officer-involved shooting in unincorporated Etowah County, according to ABC 33/40.

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting. Police say around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, an officer with the Sardis Police Department responded to a possible disturbance near the Sardis Middle School car rider drop-off line.