Atlanta police released video Tuesday of a suspect in the fatal shooting over the weekend of an 8-year-old girl near the site of the fatal police shooting that killed Rayshard Brooks in May. The video shows a man in a white t-shirt carrying an AR-15. Atlanta Police Lt Pete Malecki said investigators “a minimum of …
“A wrong decision that is made can only strengthen your ability to make a better one,” suspected killer David Lee posted on his Facebook page. On June 1, 2020, a homeless man, Timothy Smith, was found dead under a bridge on Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta. Timothy had been shot multiple times while he was sleeping. …
Demonstrators flooded south Atlanta Saturday night, protesting the deadly police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot, temporarily blocking a major interstate highway and setting the fast food restaurant ablaze, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The police officer who fired the fatal shots, Garrett Rolfe, was fired late Saturday night, and Devin Bronsan, …
Black Lives Matter protests focused on Atlanta Saturday as Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields tendered her resignation as chief, less than 24 hours after an Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man after he appeared to fire a Taser at him at a Wendy’s drive-thru. Rayshard Brooks, 27, had fallen asleep in his car …
UPDATE: 5:26 p.m. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation posted footage Saturday afternoon from a surveillance camera at the Wendy’s restaurant in south Atlanta where Atlanta Police shot and killed a man in the parking lot. In this video, the scuffle between Rayshard Brooks and the officers takes place off camera. Brooks is seen running into …
