Former Alabama Track Star, Olympian Killed in Shootout

Emmit King runs in third place at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials at the Coliseum in Los Angeles, on June 18, 1984. Lennox McLendon/AP Photo

BESSEMER, Ala.—A former University of Alabama track star and Olympian was killed in a shootout with another man, authorities say.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified Emmit King and Willie Albert Wells as the two men who died after exchanging gunfire in Bessemer on Sunday, AL.com reported.