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Fred L. Bubba Copeland

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/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_Copeland