A BESSEMER, ALABAMA, FIREFIGHTER WAS found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in his Hoover condo apt. Friday night.
After being unable to reach him, his family had asked the Hoover police to check on his welfare. Entering the apartment at 6 pm Friday, they found David Alan Oliver, 49, dead on the floor. A rifle that the police believe was the murder weapon was found close by the body.
Saturday morning an arrest warrant was issued for Oliver’s roommate, Randall Johnson, 39. He was picked up later in the day by the Leake County, Mississippi, sheriff’s department and is being held for extradition on the murder charge.
David Oliver (left) and Randall Johnson (right)
The Hoover police do not know of any motive yet, but they are looking into the two men’s jointly-owned business. They don’t know how long he had been dead when they found him. There are no witnesses that saw or heard anything unusual in the apt. building.
Oliver has been a firefighter with the Bessemer FD since 1986 and was assigned to Station 4.
The Birmingham News has the STORY.
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