Officers cleared in shooting death of 85 year white old man
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 12:03AM
TheSpook
State authorities have cleared two Whitfield County sheriff's
deputies who shot and killed an 85-year-old man last week. The Georgia
Bureau of Investigation concluded the officers, Jason Cooley and Clay
Pangle, acted appropriately because the man fired at them. A GBI report
said John Smith fired one round at the deputies when they were called
to his home. The deputies returned fire, hitting Smith twice in the
chest. Family members disputed the GBI's account. "My brother was 85
years old. He was an invalid. He was in his own bed in his own home,"
sister Christine Hicks told The Daily Citizen of Dalton. [more ]
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