Man killed in shootout with probation officers had failed drug test

The mother of a 32-year-old man shot and killed in a struggle with two state probation officers in Mobile says her son had failed a drug test. One officer was wounded in the incident Monday morning. Christopher Foehl of Eight Mile was killed. His mother, Bonnie Foehl, said her son had about seven weeks togo before completing his probation for a burglary and had reported Monday for his weekly visit with his probation officer.

By: Associated Press | Alabama's13.com
Published: November 25, 2008

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The mother of a 32-year-old man shot and killed in a struggle with two state
probation officers in Mobile says her son had failed a drug test.
One officer was wounded in the incident Monday morning.

Christopher Foehl of Eight Mile was killed.

His mother, Bonnie Foehl, said her son had about seven weeks to
go before completing his probation for a burglary and had reported
Monday for his weekly visit with his probation officer.

She told the Press-Register she didn't know why Foehl was being
arrested, but he had failed a drug test. Authorities have not
commented on who fired the fatal shot, but Foehl said she was told
that her son grabbed an officer's gun.

Officer Dan Thompson was shot and wounded. Officer Paul Morton
injured his hand in the struggle.