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Atlanta Police Officer Involved In The Fatal Shooting Of Rayshard Brooks Fired, Colleague Placed On Administrative Leave

Atlanta Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American man at Wendy's drive-thru has been fired, while his colleague was placed on administrative leave.

The officer who fired the fatal shot, a six-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department Garrett Rolfe was fired and his partner Devin Bronsan was placed on administrative leave for their involvement in the death of Rayshard Brooks, 27, on Friday night, Atlanta Police spokesman Carlos Campos said.

 The announcement came after Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recommended that the officer who fired the shot be terminated immediately.

 The shooting also led to the resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields, and the Wendy's where Brooks was shot was engulfed in an arson attack as protests in Atlanta grew on Saturday night. The Wendy's burned for more than an hour before firefighters extinguished the flames.

 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that Rayshard Brooks was shot during a struggle and died after surgery at a local hospital.

 Brooks had been asleep in his car in a Wendy’s drive-thru, causing other customers to drive around the car, the Bureau of Investigation said. Police were dispatched to Wendy’s around 10:30 p.m. and conducted a sobriety test on Brooks, who failed the test, according to the officials.


Black man dies after being shot by a white Police officer in Atlanta. A black Atlanta man died after he was shot by a white police officer in a fast-food drive-thru late Friday. The victim, Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot during a struggle and died after surgery at a local hospital, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. One officer was treated for an injury and discharged. Brooks had been asleep in his car in a Wendy’s drive-thru, causing other customers to drive around the car, the Bureau of Investigation said. Police were dispatched to the Wendy’s around 10:30 p.m. and conducted a sobriety test on Brooks, who failed the test, according to the officials. “During the arrest, the male subject resisted and a struggle ensued,” the Bureau of Investigation said. “The officer deployed a Taser. Witnesses report that during the struggle the male subject grabbed and was in possession of the Taser. It has also been reported that the male subject was shot by an officer in the struggle over the Taser.” In a video captured by a man from his car, Rayshard is seen struggling on the ground with two police officers over the Taser. As he stood up and started running away, both cops chased him from behind before one of them fired three-times at Rayshard. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation later released a surveillance video which captured the officer who fired three shots to Rayshard's back until he collapsed to the ground. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Jr. said in a statement Saturday that his office had already launched an “intense, independent” investigation of the incident, and that members of his office were on the scene shortly after the shooting.
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“During the arrest, the male subject resisted and a struggle ensued,” the Bureau of Investigation said. 
Video from the scene shows Rayshard struggling on the ground with two police officers over the Taser. As he stood up and started running away, both cops chased him from behind before one of them fired three-times at Rayshard. 

 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation later released a surveillance video which captured the officer who fired three shots to Rayshard's back until he collapsed to the ground.

 Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Jr. said in a statement Saturday that his office had already launched an “intense, independent” investigation of the incident.

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