Police Capture Former Black Panther Leader After Fierce Gun Battle
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: The former Black Panther leader once known as H. Rap Brown was captured last night after a fierce gun battle with authorities. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin has been a fugative says he allegedly shot two sheriff's deputies in Atlanta last week, killing one of them. CNN's Brian Cabell is in Montgomery, Alabama this morning. He joins us now with an update -- Brian.</s>BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Leon. Al-Amin is in the Montgomery city jail this morning awaiting transfer later this morning to a federal courthouse where he'll face at least one charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. From there, we're told he'll be transferred back to Atlanta, probably later today, to face at least one murder charge. He was captured last night about 40 miles from here after he reportedly fired on agents in the town of Whitehall. He then fled into the woods there, according to authorities. Dogs were sent after him. A helicopter was called in as well. More gunfire erupted, but finally he was captured uninjured. No officers were injured, either. Authorities said he came there because he has friends there.</s>BILL IMFELD, FBI: He's got connections here from in the past when he was part of the radical Black Panther movement, and those ties go back a long way. He had friends and associates that certainly we're taking a look at. And as you can see from the traffic stop behind you, there are other people that we're taking into custody for questioning at this time.</s>CABELL: He's wanted back in Atlanta because of the shooting of two deputies back on Thursday night. The two deputies were trying to serve a warrant on him. One of them was killed in the shooting. The other deputy said that he apparently opened fire on them with an automatic weapon and then fled. Of course, Al-Amin is the former H. Rap Brown, the militant from the 1960s. He served some time in prison in the '70s and then came to Atlanta in 1976 and led a relatively quiet life until just recently; served as an imam, a prayer leader for a local mosque, and also ran a grocery store and was considered a community leader in West Atlanta. But now, as we say, he is in jail facing a possible murder charge. I'm Brian Cabell, CNN, live in Montgomery, Alabama</s>HARRIS: All right, thank you, Brian. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web