A federal judge dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against an Alabama city and three of its former police officers, but preserved claims against one cop and denied his bid for qualified immunity in a 2023 shooting death case.
Former police officer Mac Bailey Marquette, 25, was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Steve Perkins during a botched repossession attempt in Decatur, Alabama, on Sept. 29, 2023.
Marquette and three other Decatur officers — Joey Williams, Vance Summers, and Christopher Mukaddam — were called to Perkins’ home early that morning after a tow truck driver identified as Caleb Combs attempted to repossess Perkins’ truck. Combs called 911 and claimed Perkins came outside and pointed a gun at him.
Combs sought to retry the seizure and requested police to back him up in case things went sideways…