Man Killed, Trooper Shot While ‘Cop City’ Protesters Cleared

Man Killed, Trooper Shot While ‘Cop City’ Protesters Cleared
DeKalb, Ga., and Atlanta SWAT members are pictured leaving the Gresham Park command post in Atlanta on Jan. 18, 2023. John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
The Associated Press
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ATLANTA—Authorities said they killed a man who shot and injured a Georgia state trooper Wednesday morning as law enforcement officers tried to clear protesters from the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training center that activists have dubbed “Cop City.”

Officers from several law enforcement agencies were conducting an operation to clear people out of the area around 9 a.m. when someone fired at them and officers shot back in self-defense, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Mike Register said during a news conference. A trooper was shot in the abdomen and the man who shot at the officers was killed at the scene, Register said.