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groundloop

(11,523 posts) Sat Oct 20, 2018, 07:40 PM Oct 2018

Georgia police officer fatally shot near middle school

Source: CBS News

SNELLVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia police officer has been killed after being shot while responding to a suspicious vehicle parked near a middle school. Law enforcement agencies are searching for suspects following the Saturday afternoon shooting near Snellville, WSB-TV reports.

Police said Gwinnett County police officer Antwan Toney was rushed in critical condition to Gwinnett Medical Center, where he died. Toney was a two-year veteran of the department.

The shooting happened Saturday about 3 p.m. near Shiloh Middle School. It's unclear if any of the suspects are injured.

Snellville is about 25 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gwinnett-county-antwan-toney-georgia-police-officer-shot-killed-today-near-middle-school-2018-10-20/

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Georgia police officer fatally shot near middle school (Original Post) groundloop Oct 2018 OP

Is this another school shooting?? n/t oneshooter Oct 2018 #1

Only in that it's near a school. Igel Oct 2018 #2

There were 2 people involved in the shooting.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #3

Shot when just approaching the car. Never had a chance. Scumbags. 7962 Oct 2018 #4

These days-police who pull over people should only work in teams. Sunlei Oct 2018 #5

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)

1. Is this another school shooting?? n/t

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 09:05 PM

Oct 2018

Igel

(35,359 posts)

2. Only in that it's near a school.

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 20, 2018, 09:54 PM

Oct 2018

Doesn't sound like there were classes being held. Perhaps extra-curricular activities. But it started as a suspicious-vehicle call, not a "there's an insane student gunning down teachers and students" call. And it's unclear it was even in the school parking lot. (But I have crappy bandwidth right now and I'm not clicking on the link.)

Stuart G

(38,448 posts)

3. There were 2 people involved in the shooting..

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 09:42 AM

Oct 2018

One has been captured, the other is still at large, but there is a manhunt to find him. The individual at large was the shooter of the officer.

7962

(11,841 posts)

4. Shot when just approaching the car. Never had a chance. Scumbags.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 12:19 PM

Oct 2018

https://www.ajc.com/news/update-manhunt-for-gwinnett-officer-shooting-suspect-another-denied-bond/1hAgv27eePHhc2urOOhyjN/

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

5. These days-police who pull over people should only work in teams.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2018, 12:57 PM

Oct 2018

police car computers automatically flag cars with common violations, plus police can use discretion to stop people or create a reason like "didn't turn on turn light 100 feet from turn' reason... so they "stop" more people.

Police should work in teams of 2 because some people will run away or shoot police to get away.

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