Alabama -- A Birmingham police officer was injured, and a suspect was killed in a shooting this morning at a restaurant in the city’s northside. The ordeal began at about 8:20 a.m. when the officer went to get something to eat at Ruth’s Cafe at 4012 24th Street North. When the officer arrived, they were asked by employees to make a customer who refused to pay leave the property. Workers told police the suspect refused to pay for his meal at the restaurant. and asked the officer to have the suspect, who remained in his vehicle outside the cafe, to leave. As the officer approached the customer’s vehicle, the customer immediately opened fire. Officers returned fire. Police Friday afternoon identified the wounded officer a Det. Mikiel Smith, 47. He has been on the force for 19 years and is assigned to the Investigation Bureau. Smith was shot once or twice in the right arm or right hand, the chief said, and is in good condition. The suspect, shot in the head, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

In a show of national solidarity, the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, and the Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will conduct a series of multi-city flyovers over the next two weeks. America Strong is a collaborative salute from the Navy and Air Force to recognize healthcare workers, first responders, and other essential personnel while standing in solidarity with all Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two demonstration teams will fly over areas of the country hardest hit by COVID-19, starting next week as both joint and individual team flights occurring every one-to-two days until mid-May.

German police wearing riot gear and face masks clashed with dozens of protesters demonstrating in central Berlin against the coronavirus lockdown on public life. Protesters shouted 'I want my life back' and held up signs with slogans such as 'Protect constitutional rights', 'Freedom isn't everything but without freedom, everything is nothing', and 'Daddy, what is a kiss?'German police said on Twitter they had arrested more than 100 people. Some protesters tried to keep distance from each other, sitting on the ground and wearing masks, but others clustered together. Germany's strict curbs on public activity to slow the transmission of coronavirus were imposed in its lockdown on March 17.

The vice director of Hong Kong Satellite Television (HKSTV) Shijian Xingzou says that a 'very solid source' has told her the North Korean despot, 36, is already dead. Separately, a Japanese media outlet claims that Kim has gone into a 'vegetative state' after he underwent heart surgery earlier in the month. However, a 250-metre-long train belonging to the dictator has been spotted near to his Wonsan holiday compound as recently as Thursday in satellite photos. Although Kim's whereabouts remains unknown, the train's presence at a nearby railroad station reserved for the Kim family in the 'elite' area on the east coast suggests he has visited the hideaway. China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The source cited by the news outlet claimed that Jong Un was visiting the countryside when he clutched his chest and fell to the ground. A doctor with him at the time is said to have performed CPR on accompanied him to a hospital.