Joshua Huddleston
Shots were fired and a suspect was injured as a result of a traffic stop gone wrong in Roanoke Saturday night. Roanoke police officers were fortunate to avoid injury in the incident.
The incident took place at the intersection of North Main Street and Highway 22 around 10:30 p.m. and ended after a brief manhunt for the suspect.
A Roanoke police officer conducted a traffic stop at the location of the incident and began a standard interaction with the driver of the vehicle, who was identified as Joshua Huddleston, 48, of Roanoke.
According to Roanoke Police Department’s official release on the incident, “During the traffic stop, the officer had probable cause to ask Huddleston to get out of the vehicle. Once out of the vehicle, Huddleston began displaying erratic behavior. The officer conducted a pat down search and located a handgun. After retrieving the gun, Huddleston pushed away from the officer and pulled out a second handgun and fired several shots at the officer while fleeing.”
According to the report, once the suspect fired his gun, the officer returned fire as Huddleston fled.
Officers were eventually able to locate Huddleston in an abandoned house near the scene of the traffic stop. Huddleston was found to have sustained a gunshot wound to his torso and was transported via helicopter to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Huddleston was the only one injured in the incident.
“Due to this being an officer involved shooting, the incident was turned over to the Alabama State Bureau of Investigations,” read the Roanoke PD release. “Surrounding agencies who assisted in the search were Randolph and Chambers County Sheriff’s Offices, Wedowee, Wadley, Lanett, Oxford, Newnan and Lagrange Police Departments. We appreciate theses agencies for their assistance.”
