ATLANTA - An Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man Saturday who was slashing another officer with a knife. <br>
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Atlanta police said Sgt. R.L. Holder and Officer B.R. Cartwright were responding to a call that a man had cut his mother with a knife. <br>
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The mother allowed the officers inside the house and they tried to talk with the suspect, Leotis Reese Jr., 48. <br>
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Reese refused to comply with the officers' commands and got into a physical struggle with the police, they said. <br>
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Reese slashed Cartwright across the face, police said. <br>
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When Reese moved to attack Cartwright again, Holder shot him. <br>
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Holder, a 20-year veteran on the Atlanta police force, was placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated.
