BREAKING: Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields steps down hours after police fatally shot 27-year-old Black man Rayshard Brooks Friday night outside a Wendy's restaurant.
“During the course of that confrontation, Mr. Brooks was able to secure from one of the Atlanta officers, his Taser," Reynolds said.
"At that point, the Atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes Mr. Brooks there on the parking lot, and he goes down.”Brooks was taken to a hospital where he died after undergoing surgery. An officer was also injured in the incident and released from the hospital, a GBI release states.
"Lastly, our thoughts and our sympathies are extended to the family of Rayshard Brooks as we must not forget that this investigation is centered upon a loss of life."
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