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Birmingham police: Officer arrested in love triangle slaying

AL.com reports that police took 39-year-old Alfreda Fluker into custody Saturday at her home in west Birmingham.
Credit: Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Alfreda Fluker

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham police say one of their officers was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a woman in a slaying connected to a love triangle. 

AL.com reports that police took 39-year-old Alfreda Fluker into custody Saturday at her home in west Birmingham. Officers responding Friday night to an alert by the city’s gunfire detection system found the 43-year-old victim shot multiple times inside an unmarked police car in a city park. 

Police say the woman was later pronounced dead. Her name has not been released. Police Chief Patrick Smith said she was in the vehicle with an off-duty Birmingham police detective. He was not injured.

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