Name withheld by police
Name: Name withheld by police
Age:
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 12/24/2011
Location: Downtown Connector & University Ave SW
Atlanta, Georgia, 30315
County: Fulton
Agency: Atlanta Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Officers were dispatched to the downtown connector regarding a person walking on the interstate. When the officers arrived they saw the man walking on the right shoulder of the northbound lanes. Officer Branden Hart attempted to speak with the man. When he didn't respond, the attempted to detain him. The unidentified man resisted and fought with the officer and then ran across the northbound lanes of the interstate, jumped the median wall and began to run across the southbound lanes when he was struck by a vehicle and killed.
Unique ID: 10889
News article: Link
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