Cellphone video showing police officers firing multiple shots at a fleeing man outside an Atlanta restaurant has surfaced online, sparking outrage.
The footage, first posted by the Instagram page Atlanta Uncensored, shows a Black man running across the street before getting into a car parked at Memezz Restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW.
As he climbs into the vehicle, the pursuing officers approach with guns drawn and begin firing. Multiple gunshots can be heard in the video. The man’s condition is currently unknown.
“Is he dying?” one onlooker can be heard asking in the video.
However, local reports indicate that authorities have confirmed one person is dead and two others are in custody following a police-involved shooting Thursday afternoon, at the same time and location where the video was reportedly recorded.
According to the Fulton County Police Department, police officers observed a group of people loitering in the area when the man took off running.
Police said he was told to stop, but he went back to his vehicle. The officers ordered him to turn the vehicle off and put his hands up, but police said he reached down and pulled out a gun, which led to police opening fire. He was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The video has garnered nearly 140,000 views since it was posted around 1:30 p.m., with many viewers criticizing police officers for firing several rounds.
“They did not need to shoot that man like that… Come on, bro,” one person wrote.
Police have not yet released the identities of the victim or the individuals detained. A
