Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr

An Alabama police officer who shot and killed a black man he mistook for a gunman will not face any charges, the state attorney general said Tuesday.

Authorities initially said they had killed the person who shot an 18-year-old at a mall on Black Friday. The family of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., son of a veteran, and police later agreed he was not the shooter.

An Alabama police officer who shot and killed a black man he mistook for a gunman will not face any charges, the state attorney general said Tuesday.

Authorities initially said they had killed the person who shot an 18-year-old at a mall on Black Friday. The family of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., son of a veteran, and police later agreed he was not the shooter.