In Remembrance

Officer Philip Davis of Pelham Police Department was shot and killed Dec. 3rd, 2009.

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Davis stopped motorist Bart Wayne Johnson in his Acura RL with license plate JCREW1 just before midnight Thursday on Interstate 65 near the tank farm. They spoke briefly about Johnson speeding, and the officer left to write Johnson a ticket.

When he returned, Johnson told him, "My brother's a policeman," authorities said.
The officer replied, "Why didn't you tell me that before? Let me have his name and number so I can tell him what happened."

Unprovoked and without another word, police said, Johnson fired one shot, striking Davis in the face. An oncoming motorist saw the officer go down and called 911. Davis was later pronounced dead at UAB Hospital.

By 1:45 a.m. Friday, Johnson, who has a string of traffic violations but no violent criminal history, was in police custody after he and his brother, Trussville police Officer Bill Johnson, stopped at a Hoover police roadblock on U.S. 31 at I-65.

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The Guy that shot Officer Davis was a coward. I knew Off. Davis and he was not corrupt or abusive in his dealings with the public. Off. Davis was an honorable man and didn't deserve to be shot for no reason. And it was just that.... NO REASON. The guy told him that his brother was a cop. He was going to even help him out of the ticket...

"Why didn't you tell me that before? Let me have his name and number so I can tell him what happened."

Nothing justifies what he did. He was a coward.

........... I'm Out!