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Fred L. Bubba Copeland
Case # :278
Gender : Male
Age : 49
Race : White
Date : 11/03/2023
Location :
City : Beulah
County : Lee
State : Alabama
Agency : Lee County SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Open records summary :
Lee County deputies were called because the town mayor of Smiths Corner, AL and pastor Bubba Copeland was in mental health crisis. Police chased them for a “welfare check” until they became very despondent during the chase, pulled out a gun and committed suicide under police duress.
Bubba Copeland a.k.a. online as Brittini Blaire Summerlin, had been the local popular mayor, married with 3 children who left behind many people who spoke very fondly of them. They ran several social media accounts in which they called themselves a “transitioning transgender curvy girl” and encouraged transitioning. Copeland posted many photos in drag and wrote fantasy novels around transgender topics. This was discovered by an ultra-conservative media publication and they were brutally outed in the media. They made public announcements, explaining the harmless nature of their social media activity but they were under immense pressure from their local ultra-conservative Alabama environment. On November 3, 2023, they were reportedly in a mental health crisis and driving in Smiths Corner when police started a chase and they committed suicide “in custody” during the chase.
Source links :
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/07/alabama-copeland-suicide-pastor-trans-photos/
