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Name Not Disclosed
Age :
Gender : Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 08/17/2022
Location : Indian Trail Lilburn Rd
City : Norcross
County : Gwinnett
State : Georgia
Agency : Norcross Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress during foot pursuit
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/17/2022, Norcross Police Department officers responded to an incident involving a man with a gun at the QuikTrip at 2040 Beaver Ruin Road in Norcross. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, officers encountered an armed man who ran from the gas station when police arrived. Contemporary reporting did not describe the circumstances that prompted the original police call beyond identifying it as an incident involving a man with a gun.
Norcross police pursued the man on foot from the QuikTrip into a residential area near Indian Trail Lilburn Road. According to the GBI, during the police pursuit the man fatally shot himself in front of the pursuing Norcross officers. The GBI was called to investigate because the suicide occurred during the law-enforcement encounter.
Contemporaneous aerial footage showed a substantial police presence in the residential area where the pursuit ended and GBI investigators responding to the scene. The initial GBI investigation was described as active and ongoing on the evening of the death.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-norcross/
