Multiple people, including child, shot in East Atlanta
A 9-year-old is among three people who were shot in East Atlanta on Wednesday night, police said. The shooting took place on Flat Shoals Avenue near its intersection with Glenwood Avenue, according to Atlanta police. Officers responded to the scene a little after 9:30 p.m., and they initially found one gunshot victim. The victim, a
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Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks identified
Video footage released by the Atlanta Police Department show officers talking for nearly half an hour with Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot. The encounter would end with Brooks fatally shot. Hours later came the announcement that the city’s police chief had stepped aside and that the officer who shot Brooks had been fired.
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Rayshard Brooks shooting roils Atlanta
A white Atlanta police officer fatally shot an African American father of several young children late Friday night following a struggle outside a Wendy’s restaurant on the city’s southside, sparking calls for reform and demonstrations that led to vandalism and arrests. The shooting further inflamed tensions over police use of force and racial injustice that
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Man dies after being shot by Atlanta police at Wendy’s drive-thru
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by Atlanta police Friday evening during a struggle in a Wendy’s drive-thru line that was captured on video. By Saturday afternoon, Police Chief Erika Shields had resigned her position and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for the officer who fired the fatal shots to be terminated. RELATED: Erika
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