ARREST IN MALL SHOOTING WON’T STOP PROTESTS

Authorities arrested a suspect in a Thanksgiving shooting that spread panic at an Alabama mall Thursday, but protesters said they would continue demonstrations over the police killing of another black man who was initially believed to be the shooter.

Erron Martez Dequan Brown, 20, of Bessemer was captured in Georgia, authorities said.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Brown was charged in the shooting of Brian Xavier Wilson, 18, of Birmingham, who was wounded at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover on Thanksgiving night.

Protesters said Brown’s arrest didn’t resolve what they referred to as the “murder” of Emantic “EJ” Bradford Jr., 21, by police. Authorities at first identified Bradford as the shooter, then retracted that allegation and searched for the real gunman.