Police shoot and kill man after high-speed chase

RINGGOLD - Police shot and killed a suspect in a Barnesville shooting after a high-speed chase during which nine cars were struck. <br> <br> David Eugene Kinney, a 35-year-old from Barnesville, led officers through Whitfield and Catoosa counties Tuesday, stopped in a Ringgold store parking lot and ran into a wooded area, Catoosa County Sheriff Phil Summers said. <br> <br> Two Catoosa County officers, one Georgia State patrolman and one Tunnel Hill officer warned Kinney to stop, police said. Kinney then yelled, ``I&#39;m not going with y&#39;all,&#39;&#39; Summers said. <br> <br> Police said Kinney reached behind his back and, as he brought his hand forward, all four officers shot. He died at the scene. <br> <br> The four officers have been placed on administrative leave pending investigation of the incident, Summers said. <br> <br> The chase began around 5:24 p.m., after Kinney tried to use a stolen credit card to rent a room at the Best Western motel in Rocky Face, Summers said. The credit card had belonged to a Barnesville woman Kinney allegedly shot, he said. <br> <br> Summers said Kinney got nervous and fled north in his truck. He was involved in a hit-and-run at U.S. Highway 41 and Interstate 75 and later struck a Ringgold police car and a Catoosa County police car, police said.

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