Former police officer, Mac Marquette, 25, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins shortly before 2 a.m. in September 2023. Marquette and two other officers were accompanying a tow-truck driver to repossess Perkins’ pickup truck at his home in Decatur. When Perkins emerged from his house with a gun, Marquette fired 18 bullets less than two seconds after identifying himself as law enforcement, according to body camera footage. Court documents filed on Thursday said the judge erroneously ruled against Marquette based on his assessment that Marquette didn’t sufficiently prove he had a right to be on Perkins’ property. The judge said Alabama law requires a court order for law enforcement to be involved in a vehicle repossession — which the officers didn’t have. Read the full story at the 🔗 link in our bio ⬆⬆⬆. #YourTownYourNews #WVUA23 #AlabamaNews #AlabamaShooting #Decatur