Atlanta: An Atlanta police officer who fatally shot a black man outside a Wendy’s has been terminated and another officer placed on administrative leave, the department announced early Sunday.
Hours earlier on Saturday night, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigned in fallout from the killing of Rayshard Brooks, 27, around 10:30 p.m. Friday. Later Saturday, the restaurant was engulfed in flames as protesters shut down all lanes of the southbound downtown connector at University Avenue.
Garrett Rolfe, who shot Brooks and had been with the department since October 2013, his been fired, Atlanta Police Spokesman Carlos Campos confirmed to WSB and WXIA-TV. The other officer on the scene, Devin Bronsan, who joined the department in September 2018, has been placed on administrative duty.
The roles of the officers during the incident were not given by the department.
Video released Saturday afternoon by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation appears to show Brooks taking a Taser from an officer, running from police and then firing it at them before an officer shot at him.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had recommended the firing of the officer that killed Brooks.
