Medical Examiner Declares Rayshard Brooks’ Death a Homicide

Then-Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe searches 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's restaurant parking lot in a still image from the video body camera of officer Devin Bronsan in Atlanta, Ga., on June 12, 2020. Atlanta Police Department via Reuters

The fatal shooting of a man by a police officer in Atlanta last week was a homicide, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The declaration was made in a report issued late Sunday.