One dead after officers shoot at fleeing vehicle

EAST POINT - Polcie say a motorist who fled during a traffic stop near the Atlanta airport died after an officer fired at the vehicle. <br> <br> Atlanta police stopped a white sport-utility vehicle around 11:15 Tuesday morning and were approaching the vehicle when it rolled back toward them. <br> <br> Captain Patricia Boyce told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that police fired several shots into the vehicle, which then drove across a bridge over Interstate 85 and ran off the road nearby. <br> <br> It was not immediately clear what killed the motorist, whose name has not been released. <br> <br> According to WAGA-TV police tried to stop the motorist for driving erratically near Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and began chasing the vehicle when the driver did not pull over.

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