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    Man arrested after killing uncle, barricading himself in home for 4 hours: Prichard Police

    By Summer Poole,

    18 days ago

    MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The Prichard Police Department has released more information about a standoff that happened in Eight Mile Friday night .

    PPD officials said their officers and the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team were called to the 200 block of Sasser Drive around 5 p.m. Friday for a “barricaded situation.”

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    According to the PPD release, officers learned that 34-year-old Destin Levan Conner had possibly stabbed his uncle, 70-year-old Albert Conner, but the body could not be located.

    Destin barricaded himself inside his mother’s home for four and a half hours until he peacefully surrendered, according to the release.

    That is when officers learned that he had stabbed and killed Albert, the release said.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3dQrTu_0t0HidCz00
    A mugshot of Destin Conner (Prichard Police Department)

    Albert’s body was located inside the home and was taken to the Department of Forensic Science for an autopsy, according to the release.

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    Destin is charged with murder, kidnapping, domestic violence menacing and domestic violence third-degree assault, according to police.

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