Alabama officer fired after shooting into moving car

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer has been fired after superiors found he improperly followed a suspect into a neighboring jurisdiction and fired his gun without justification.

Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/2hx0KgZ ) Mobile police announced Wednesday that officer Ivan Lopez was terminated for policy violations committed Saturday.

Police Chief James Barber said Lopez was on a DUI patrol when he followed a driver seen swerving across the center line into the city of Prichard — outside Mobile police's jurisdiction.

The chief says Lopez confronted the driver outside a nightclub and when the driver fled in his car, the officer fired at least five gunshots into the vehicle. Barber says police later found the driver, who had a gunshot wound to his leg.

The chief says the district attorney and the FBI have been notified.