Accused shoplifter killed by Georgia deputy after struggle

[Judi Lynn]

Last edited Tue Oct 11, 2016, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press

Accused shoplifter killed by Georgia deputy after struggle
Oct 11, 5:26 AM EDT



MACON, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities say a suspected erratically and may have been on drugs when he got into a fight with a Georgia deputy who fatally shot him.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent J.T. Ricketson tells news outlets investigators are awaiting an autopsy to help determine whether 57-year-old Larry D. Matthews had drugs in his system Friday afternoon when he fought with Bibb County deputy Gregg Ussery in Macon.

Matthews was accused of shoplifting from a Family Dollar store.

Ricketson says Ussery first shot Matthews with a stun gun, but the suspect pulled the prongs off him. The deputy then used pepper spray, but Matthews grabbed the bottle and sprayed the deputy, prompting Ussery to shoot Matthews.

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[secondwind]

1. so sad... stealing from a Family Dollar store... makes me sick to my stomach.

[Old Vet]

2. Good Grief, killed for stealing some worthless shit at family dollar...........

This thief should of never,ever, maced the cop though. Sounds like I have to stand on the cops side, The cop didnt know how far this fella was gonna go after he got maced.

[Archae]

3. The guy was off his nut on dope, no doubt about that.

30+ years ago, I got beaten up by a guy stoned on PCP.

Completely unprovoked, suddenly the guy attacked me out of nowhere.

PCP and these synthetic pot drugs, and meth, cause people to see and hear things that don't exist, or are distorted.

[atreides1]

4. Okay!!!

Shouldn't we wait for the autopsy?