GBI Investigating After 62-Year-Old Man Dies in Atlanta Police Custody

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reviewing an officer-involved use of drive incident after a 62-year-old man turned unresponsive whereas being taken into custody in Atlanta and later died.

Authorities say officers responded about 11:20 p.m. Thursday to an accident in southwest Atlanta for which Johnny Hollman was decided to be the at-fault driver, in accordance with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Police mentioned Hollman, of Atlanta, turned agitated when officers tried to difficulty him a visitors quotation and “turned noncompliant” once they tried to take him into custody, the GBI mentioned.

Hollman and the arresting officer have been concerned in a wrestle, and the GBI mentioned an officer used a Taser on him. Hollman was subsequently discovered to be unresponsive and was taken to an space hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.

Atlanta Police requested GBI on Friday to research Hollman’s loss of life, the GBI mentioned in a information launch.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Workplace will conduct an post-mortem to find out a reason for loss of life. As soon as the investigation is full, the outcomes can be turned over to the district lawyer’s workplace for evaluate.

Atlanta police instructed the newspaper the officer concerned has been positioned on administrative go away, as is commonplace coverage.

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