Ricardo Louis Augustus Sutherland

Age : 39

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 01/24/2025

Location : Near Pleasant Grove Road

City : Pleasant Grove

County : Jefferson

State : Alabama

Agency : Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 01/24/2025, deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office attempted to serve a felony warrant on 39-year-old Ricardo Louis Augustus Sutherland in Pleasant Grove, Alabama. Sutherland reportedly opened fire on law enforcement and then fled into a wooded area near Pleasant Grove Road. Deputies pursued him, but Sutherland was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

SOURCE LINKS :

1. https://www.al.com/news/2025/01/jefferson-county-man-shoots-at-law-enforcement-flees-fatally-shoots-himself-in-woods.html