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Georgia Police Under Investigation for Shooting at Kids Running Home to Dad
https://www.newsweek.com/gerogia-children-police-shooting-1523852Georgia's state-wide law enforcement agency has launched an investigation after a police officer allegedly shot at a group of children, including a 9-year-old.
At around 8 a.m. on Saturday, an officer with the Waycross Police Department saw a traffic violation at the intersection of Howe and Brunell Streets in the city of Waycross, and tried to take down its license plate information, according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) statement.
The vehicle headed towards Walters and Greenwood Street, when three children aged 9, 12, and 14 years old left the vehicle and ran off. The vehicle stopped. The officer followed the trio in his vehicle. A second officer approached the vehicle from the front, and it drove toward him, according to the GBI, and the officer fired multiple shots at the vehicle.
Two boys aged 15 and 16 years old got out of the vehicle while it was in drive, according to the GBI. The vehicle then stopped further up the road. A "minor" altercation then broke out between the second officer and the 15-year-old. The teenager was handcuffed, and treated by the emergency medical services for "minor injuries from the altercation."
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