UPDATE: Mobile Police Officer stabbed to Death, another wounded

Mobile, Al.
36 year old Police Officer Steven Green was stabbed to death by a prisoner outside of the Mobile County Metro Jail at approximately 3:50 pm.

Officer Steven Green          Officer Mark Johnson

The subject,  24-year-old Lawrence Wallace Jr. had been arrested by an off duty police officer earlier in the day when he attempted to rob a dollar store. He had approached the store's checkout counter, demanded money, then lit the counter on fire after spraying it with lighter fluid. An off duty officer shopping in the store tackled him and took him into custody.

He was processed at the police station and was being transported to the county jail by Officer Green when he attacked and fatally stabbed Officer Green outside of the jail complex. The subject then stole the officer's service weapon and patrol car. Other officers pursued the suspect to a home off of Dauphin Island Parkway where he engaged them in a shootout, wounding Mark Johnson, along the way. Johnson was treated and released at the medical center, leaving with stitches on his arm, according to officials.Wallace eventually holed up at a house on Daytona Drive where he had a two-hour-long standoff with police. They traded gunfire with Wallace and launched canisters of tear gas in an effort to drive him out of hiding. One of the officers shot Wallace, and he died at the scene. The suspect suffered a fatal gunshot wound during the exchange of shots.

Officer Green had served with the Mobile Police Department for 20 months. He is survived by his wife and children. Funeral arrangements are listed below:
The wake will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Radney Funeral Home.
The funeral is set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Sunlight Auditorium in Prichard. Burial will follow at Serenity Memorial Gardens.
All events are open to the public.


Donations to Officer Green's family may be made by check referencing Green’s family to:
Mobile Law Enforcement Foundation
2460 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36606

 A Facebook memorial page set up for officer Steven Green has drawn hundreds of comments offering support and sympathy for his family. The Facebook page was set up Friday night. It's not clear who did it. But it has received comments from people as far away as England and Canada, thanking Green for his sacrifice and offering condolences to his family.

The Officer Down Memorial Page web also has a Memorial page for Officer Green. To visit this page click the link :