Alabama Pedestrian Killed Allegedly for Crossing Street Too Slowly: Police

Jeremiah Wesley Penn (L) has reportedly confessed to fatally shooting Johnarian Travez Allen (R). Union Springs Police Department

An Alabama man was shot and killed for apparently walking too slowly, said police.

Union Springs Police Chief Danny Jackson told WSFA-12 that Johnarian Travez Allen was shot eight times on Thursday in Union Springs. The suspect, Jeremiah Wesley Penn, told police that he shot Allen because he was taking too long to cross the street.