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Lerelle Dekari Chatman

Gender : Male

Age : 23

Race : Black

Date : 11/21/2022

Location : 6470 Covington Hwy

City : Lithonia

County : DeKalb

State : Georgia

Agency : DeKalb County PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during investigation

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Dekalb County deputies wanted to question LerelleDekari Chatman about a homicide and found him with a gun. He allegedly fired shots at police and was shot and killed.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.yahoo.com/news/heavy-police-presence-near-dekalb-025942502.html

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gbi-covington-highway-shell-gas-station-officer-involved-shooting-dekalb-county

https://decaturish.com/2022/11/gbi-investigates-after-dekalb-police-shoot-man-while-responding-to-homicide-call/

https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-11-22/gbi-investigating-officer-involved-shooting-dekalb-county