Man shot and killed after scuffle with Alabama elementary school police officer

Local sheriff reported the man was checking doors to the building and tried to take officer's gun when confronted

A man who tried to break into an Alabama elementary school was shot and killed during a physical altercation with a school police officer, as communities across the US remain on the alert for attacks after the massacre in Uvalde, Texas.

The man, identified as Robert Tyler White, 32, of Bunnlevel, North Carolina, was fatally shot on Thursday morning outside the Walnut Park elementary school in Gadsden, about 60 miles north-east of Birmingham, local media reported.