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2 men killed, 1 hurt in 3 Georgia police shootings in 1 day

By Associated Press
Posted 1:58PM on Friday 19th October 2018 ( 5 years ago )

ATLANTA (AP) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reporting three police shootings within 24 hours that left two men dead.

The bureau tweeted that Monroe police fatally shot 63-year-old Mahlon Edward Summerour, the State Patrol killed 27-year-old Kenneth Martin Anderson and Richland police exchanged gunfire with 30-year-old Davion Omar Watson during a car chase.

Watson suffered injuries that weren't life-threatening, and charges against him are pending.

The bureau says Summerour was shot after he pointed a weapon at an officer. Authorities later determined the weapon was a replica Thompson submachine gun.

It says Anderson was shot during a traffic stop after he was able to draw a handgun while handcuffed behind his back and shoot a trooper. The bullet hit the trooper's ballistic vest; he was treated and released from a hospital. 

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