RICHMOND HILL - A police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old in a motel parking lot early Friday while investigating a truck stop robbery. <br>
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Sgt. Mark Rich shot Jayme Lamont Grate of Midway after he turned on the officer with a rifle, police said. <br>
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Officers shouted at Grate to drop his weapon before Rich fired, witnesses told the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. <br>
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Rich is on administrative leave with pay while the shooting is being investigated. <br>
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Grate was suspected of holding up clerks at a TA Travel Center near the motel and taking a ``substantial'' amount of cash. <br>
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A suspected accomplice, 19-year-old Thaddeus Antoine Miller of Midway, was arrested and charged with armed robbery. <br>
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GBI agents said police are investigating whether the same pair was involved in a similar robbery at the TA Travel Center on Dec. 21.
