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The Atlanta City Council successful Georgia unanimously voted connected Monday to settee pinch a erstwhile Atlanta constabulary serviceman who was acquitted successful a deadly 2019 shooting.
The metropolis assembly has agreed to settee pinch Oliver Simmonds for $1.4 million, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
In 2022, Simmonds was charged with felony murder, aggravated battle pinch a deadly weapon, and 2 counts of usurpation of an oath of nationalist agency successful nan July 15, 2019, fatal shooting astatine a state position successful nan Castleberry Hill neighborhood.
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The metropolis assembly has agreed to settee pinch Oliver Simmonds for $1.4 million. (Atlanta Police Department)
A assemblage wished Simmonds was not blameworthy aft 4 hours of deliberations pursuing his proceedings successful September 2023.
Simmonds, assigned to then-Democrat Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’s Executive Protection Unit, was off-duty and wearing plain apparel astatine nan clip of nan shooting.
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A assemblage recovered Oliver Simmonds not blameworthy pursuing his proceedings successful September 2023. (Getty Images)
He was pumping state astatine a Shell position adjacent nan intersection of McDaniel and Whitehall streets erstwhile he came into interaction pinch 18-year-old D'Ettrick Griffin.
According to police, Griffin hopped into nan driver’s spot of Simmonds’ unmarked constabulary SUV and attempted to thrust away. Simmonds past fired his weapon astatine Griffin, striking nan teenager, who drove disconnected successful nan conveyance earlier crashing soon after.
Oliver Simmonds was off-duty and wearing plain apparel astatine nan clip of nan shooting. (Atlanta Police Department/ Facebook)
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Griffin died from nan injuries he suffered successful nan incident.
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