College Park police officer kills man

COLLEGE PARK - A police officer shot and killed a man who fled and then fought with him after a traffic stop early Sunday, authorities said. <br> <br> Derrick Fernando Brown, 35, died at the scene of the shooting near Roosevelt Highway, south of Atlanta, a police report said. <br> <br> Officer Al Garrett said he pulled over a 1994 Isuzu Rodeo shortly after 1:30 a.m. because it was weaving across the center line, police said. After the truck stopped, Brown and an unidentified passenger ran into the woods. <br> <br> Garrett caught up with Brown, who punched the officer in the face and then tried to hit him with a flashlight that had fallen to the ground, police said. Garrett then drew his weapon and fired at Brown. <br> <br> Police did not say why the men might have run from the traffic stop. <br> <br> The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Tri-Cities Incident Investigation Team are investigating.

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