The GBI has taken over the investigation
One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Atlanta Friday afternoon.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Georgia State Patrol requested them after one of the agency’s troopers was involved in a shooting in Southwest Atlanta. 11Alive’s SkyTracker was over the scene on Doane Street.
According to GBI spokesperson Nelly Miles, the situation began around 2:20 p.m. when Atlanta officers spotted a stolen vehicle out of Gwinnett County and requested help from the Georgia State Patrol. Miles said Atlanta officers attempted to pull over the vehicle but the driver refused.
A trooper then attempted to disable the vehicle with a PIT maneuver on Doane Street but it failed. The suspect continued trying to evade the trooper but ended up hitting an Atlanta police patrol vehicle.
„From that point during the collision, the trooper did fire shots striking him,“ Miles said.
But the driver continued his getaway attempt ultimately crashing into another car along the street. What followed is still a matter of investigation, however, Miles said. What she could confirm was that the trooper is OK while the suspect is dead.
It’s still unclear if the suspect was killed by the shots, the collisions or a combination of the two.
A witness near the scene described what she saw a heard to 11Alive’s Jon Shirek.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as they become available.
This was the second shooting involving metro-Atlanta officers on Friday alone. In Locust Grove, a police officer was killed and two Henry County deputies were injured while attempting to serve a warrant this morning.
For more on that story: http://on.11alive.com/2G26VlO
