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Suspected killer of Auburn officer indicted by Lee County Grand Jury
By Elizabeth White
WRBL News
AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) – A Lee County Grand Jury has indicted an Auburn man in the Capital Murder of Auburn police officer Will Buechner, along with three counts of Attempted Murder and Domestic Violence Strangulation.
The Auburn officers were met with gunfire on May 19, 2019, while responding to a domestic violence call at Arrowhead Mobile Home Park off Wire Road. Officer William Buechner was killed in the shooting. Officers Webb Sistrunk and Evan Elliott were injured, another Auburn officer escaped the shooting without injury.
The suspect, 30-year-old Grady Wilkes, was arrested some nine hours later about a mile away from the scene of the shooting.
A Lee County Grand Jury returned the indictments after they met on September 17, 2020. Wilkes is being held without bond.
Wilkes is facing Domestic Violence Strangulation involving the mother of his child.
District Attorney Brandon Hughes is seeking the death penalty. Wilkes has an arraignment date set for October 23.
https://www.wrbl.com/alabama-news-2/...ty-grand-jury/
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