Georgia state trooper charged with murder after fatally shooting a 60-year-old man who attempted to flee a traffic stop.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Georgia state trooper was fired and charged with murder Friday a week after he shot a 60-year-old man who tried to flee a rural traffic stop, authorities said.
Johnson said that information was given to the family by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which arrested 27-year-old Jacob Gordon Thompson on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault Friday. The agency did not include those details in its own statement on Thompson's arrest. At some point afterward, Thompson fired a single gunshot that hit Lewis, killing him, the GBI said. The trooper was not injured.
Thompson's attorney, Keith Barber, declined to comment on specifics of the case, but said he believes the former trooper “has an excellent character.”
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