HOLLY POND, Ala. -- A man who was fatally shot by a Cullman County sheriff's deputy was armed with a three-foot sword when he approached emergency responders, authorities said Monday.
Chief Deputy Max Bartlett told the Cullman Times (http://bit.ly/1ECmiP6 ) the slain man has been identified as Darren Robert Kindgren, 51. Emergency medical officials were responding to a call in the Holly Pond area about a man who injured himself on Saturday. Bartlett has said Kindgren became uncooperative with emergency responders and eventually ran back inside the house that authorities were called to.
Kindgren came back out of the house with a sword and threatened to harm those who were on the scene, Bartlett said. The man was shot after repeated commands to put the weapon down and after deputies tried using a Taser on him, Bartlett has said. The deputy who shot Kindgren fired four times and an autopsy in Huntsville is expected to determine how many of the bullets hit the man.
Video and audio footage of the shooting was captured on newly-purchased body cameras and will be used as evidence in the investigation into the shooting, which is being led by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation Bartlett said.