On September 26, 1996, Charles Craig Greenwald, a 34-year-old court police officer with ten years in law enforcement, was fatally shot at Mobile Government Plaza in Mobile, Alabama. The shooting occurred near the court security metal detectors when a man setting off the detector produced a handgun and began firing. Officer Greenwald was struck and later died of his wounds; another court officer was also wounded.

The shooter was killed at the scene after a Mobile city police officer and another court police officer returned fire. The motive for the attack is described as unclear, and because the gunman died at the scene there were no arrests or trials connected to Greenwald’s death. He left behind a wife and two young sons.

If anyone was in or near Mobile Government Plaza on September 26, 1996, or has information about that day, please share what you know.