Alabama judge dismisses wrongful death suit over fatal SWAT raid

A Mobile County Circuit Court judge this week dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the City of Mobile by the family of a man killed during a 2023 SWAT raid.

Kordell Jones, 25, was shot by authorities on March 7, 2023, as he ran out of a house naked and carrying an AR-style gun while police were raiding a home in search of his brother.

The lawsuit, filed against the City of Mobile, former Police Chief Paul Prine and multiple members of the police department in late Feb. 2025 alleged wrongful death, negligent training and supervision, false imprisonment, false arrest, assault and battery, and malicious prosecution…

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