Death by Cop 2022-2024
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John Robert Smith Jr.
Gender : Male
Age : 58
Race : Black
Date : 01/31/2024
Location : Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center at 1670 Clairmont Road
City : Decatur
County : DeKalb
State : Georgia
Agency : Decatur Police Department
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
John Robert Smith Junior, a military veteran and mental health crisis, was allegedly suicidal and holding a knife. Police arrived and shot and killed him. Autopsy showed 13 bullets in his body. The killing was ruled justified in October 2024.
