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An Alabama police officer was killed in the line of duty

   An Alabama police officer was killed in the line of duty Monday night, the city of Tuscaloosa said. Officer Dornell Cousette, 40, died after exchanging gunfire with a suspect inside a house, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said during a news conference attended by MCMZ.  Cousette had been with the Tuscaloosa Police Department for more than 13 years. He was the father of two daughters and was engaged to be married, Maddox told MCMZ. "In our community, our heroes wear the police uniform of the Tuscaloosa Police Department. And tonight, one of our heroes has died in the line of duty, protecting our city," Maddox said during the news conference. The officer's body was given a police escort to Montgomery to undergo an autopsy, according to Police. "Every time you hear the phone ring, you hope that it's not this call," Mitt Tubbs, the department's interim police chief told the affiliate. "And unfortunately, today it was this call." The su...