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Adam Simjee, 22, a popular man in eastern Alabama, near Cheaha State Park, was shot dead Sunday in Talladega National Forest, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. said in a statement. Yasmine Haider and Crystal Diane Pinkins have been charged with murder, kidnapping and robbery, according to a statement.
Hyder, who was injured several times during the confrontation, was awaiting transfer to prison from a hospital in Birmingham where he had surgery for his wounds. The 36-year-old Pinkins was jailed.
The couple were driving on a National Forest Service road when Haider flagged them down and asked for help with her car, a sheriff official said. He ordered them to take out their guns and go into the woods.
Simjee took out the pistol he was carrying and shot Hider several times, but he too was hit and died on the spot. When Hyder called for help, Pinkins emerged from the woods before fleeing, officials said.
Simsey died despite the efforts of his girlfriend Mikayla Paulus, 20, who was performing CPR when authorities arrived, the statement said.
Authorities used a dog chase team and a state police helicopter to locate the camp. His five-year-old son, Pinkins, loaded a shotgun and fled the woods when a police officer was arrested. said she, the sheriff's officer.
No further shots were fired and Pinkins was taken to the Clay County Jail. Her son was taken in by a child welfare worker, and Pinkins was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, among other counts.
The women may have been living "off the grid" in a national forest, and forestry workers dismantled the camp, according to a sheriff's statement.
"I lost the love of my life," an uninjured Paulus said in her AL.com interview. "This will be with me forever."
Simjee and her Paulus were gearing up for the new semester at her University of Florida Central in Orlando, she told the News site. rice field. "We wanted to do a final road trip because school starts on Monday," she said. It was not indicated whether the Pinkins had a lawyer who could speak on their behalf.
