By Pelham officer slain in traffic stop to be buried
Birmingham, AL – - A central Alabama community is mourning a
police officer who was killed in the line of duty.
Hundreds of people attended a visitation on
Monday afternoon for Pelham Police Officer Philip Davis. His
funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.
Davis was shot to death last week during a traffic stop on
Interstate 65 in Pelham. He left behind a wife and two young
children.
Bart Wayne Johnson of Kimberly is being held without bond on a
capital murder charge in the killing.