On Thanksgiving night Hoover, Alabama, police shot and killed 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., who was known as E.J., at a shopping mall after an altercation left an 18-year-old and a 12-year-old with gun shot injuries. Around 10:00 p.m. at the Riverchase Galleria mall just outside of Birmingham, Alabama, shoppers were taking advantage of early Black Friday bargains when gun shots rang out and sent the crowds running.