Rayshard Brooks, the man shot and killed by Atlanta police after he fell asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru line, died of gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday night. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Brooks’s autopsy showed that he suffered organ damage and blood loss from two gunshot …
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 …
An Atlanta teenager is dead after he got into an argument over shelter-in-place directives with his stepfather, who shot and killed him. Police said that De’onte Roberts, 16, refused his parents orders to stay home on Thursday and left, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Later, the victim returned to the home and kicked in the …
UPDATE A male suspect has been arrested and a child is safe after a Monday morning standoff in Atlanta that lasted over three hours. The suspect was taken away in cuffs. No other information is available at this time. Original Story Atlanta SWAT officers surrounded a home on Monday morning following a domestic incident allegedly …
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Some details have emerged surrounding allegations that a trio of women ignored an elderly veteran’s cries for help as he died at a nursing home in Atlanta five years ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 89-year-old James Dempsey was at Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation when staff members Loyce Pickquet Agyeman, Wanda Nuckles, and Mable Turman allegedly …
Authorities in Georgia say a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of walking toward a restaurant in Griffin with an arsenal in his possession. According to Fox News, a witness outside of the Pizza Hut location contacted the Griffin Police Department to report a suspicious person apparently hiding behind a wall near the parking lot. …
Authorities in Georgia say a woman is facing criminal charges related to faking her son’s medical issues to receive disability payments. According to WFXT, 34-year-old Teresa Lynne Roth is accused of forcing the 5-year-old child to take dozens of medications needlessly over the course of about two years starting in 2016. “Between January 2016 and …
Authorities in Georgia say rapper Shad Moss, known professionally as Bow Wow, was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of battery. According to CNN, Atlanta police officers were dispatched to a midtown location in response to a call. Upon their arrival, officers say a female at the scene claimed Moss had assaulted her. He claimed the …
Authorities in Georgia say they have identified a suspect allegedly seen sexually assaulting a woman inside Atlanta’s Opera nightclub overnight Saturday. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the alleged victim began recording the incident on her cellphone early Sunday morning. Reports indicate she was already live streaming She reportedly told police she was at the …
