PA Bill Number: HR415
Title: Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on trauma-informed care training provided to law enforcement officers under Act 59 ...
Description: Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on trauma-informed care training provided to law enforcement officers under Act 59 ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: Feb 5, 2026
Alabama Self-Defense: Helena Police: apartment shooting appears to be self-defense :: 07/23/2018
SHELBY COUNTY, Ala.- Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, Helena Police were called out to the Fox Valley Apartments in Maylene in response to a shooting call.
When officers arrived, they found 39-year-old Jim William Boykin, who lived at the complex, dead from a gunshot wound.
After taking witness statements, police said it appeared that Boykin was behaving erratically, accosted a female neighbor at her apartment, and she shot Boykin in self-defense.
According to police, the 46-year-old female recently filed a report with Helena Police and said that Boykin threatened her with physical harm. A warrant was issued for Boykin in that case, and he was later arrested. He was out on bond pending a court date.
This investigation is ongoing.
https://abc3340.com/news/local/helena-police-apartment-shooting-appears-to-be-self-defense
