Autopsy finds Rayshard Brooks died of gunshot wounds of the back
- By: Ty Tagami
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- Jun 14
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Rayshard Brooks, the black man shot by Atlanta police outside a Wendy’s in the city’s Southside Friday night, suffered organ damage and blood loss from two gunshot wounds, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Sunday after completing an autopsy. “His cause of death: gunshot wounds of the back,” an investigator from the medical examiner’s office
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Who was Rayshard Brooks?
- By: Helena Oliviero
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- Jun 14
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Rayshard Brooks was shot late Friday by a police officer outside a Wendy’s restaurant on the city’s southside. Brooks, an African-American, was shot in the back and killed at a downtown Wendy’s restaurant by an Atlanta police officer, who is white. APD was called to the scene to check on Brooks, who had fallen asleep
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Prominent voices react to Rayshard Brooks death
In Atlanta, protests continued throughout the day and night on Saturday following the death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks. Brooks was shot and killed Friday night at a Wendy’s by an Atlanta police officer. The incident prompted Erika Shields to step aside as Atlanta Police Chief and the officer who shot Brooks, Garrett Rolfe, to be fired.
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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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