Posted on 10/22/2018 12:40:45 PM PDT by Simon Green
A teenager wanted in the fatal shooting of a Georgia police officer was killed by police Monday morning after they found him hiding in a shed of a home in suburban Atlanta, officials said.
The suspect, Tafahree Maynard, 18, was killed after he refused to drop a lawn mower blade when police found him in an unincorporated area of Snellville, Georgia, said Chief Butch Ayers of the Gwinnett County Police Department during a news conference.
Maynard's death came after he allegedly shot and killed Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney, prompting a manhunt involving multiple police departments, the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Ayers said police received a tip about 3 a.m. Monday that Maynard was spotted in a residential neighborhood about three miles from where Toney was shot.
He said 75 to 90 officers responded to the neighborhood, established a perimeter and went door to door in search of the suspect.
He said two officers found Maynard about 11:30 a.m. hiding in a shed behind a home and confronted him.
"Mr. Maynard was issued verbal commands" to show his hands and come out of the shed," Ayers said. "He failed to comply with the verbal commands."
Ayers said an officer deployed a stun gun on Toney, who was hiding the lawn mower blade behind his back. The chief said despite being hit with the stun gun, Maynard refused to put down the weapon.
A second officer confronting Maynard opened fire on the suspect from five to six feet away, killing him, Ayers said.
"I'd like to say the danger to the community is over," Ayers said.
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6’1”, 300 lbs. A beast.
Why would they use a stun gun on Toney. ABC= Idiots.
He should have thought about that before he got tased.
It may have been the case that the tasing happened AFTER the shot given the remarks from the police.
“Oh what a tragedy!”/s
No sympathy not one wonders why deadly force is required when 80 cops have a dude surrounded in a tool shed armed with a lawnmower blade.
I’m sure he was screaming “hands up, don’t shoot”!
So I guess the “No justice no peace” marches will start tomorrow.
Police: Whatcha gonna do with that lawnmower blade Tafahree?
Tafahree: I aim to kill you with it mmm hmmm
Nicely put.
Colon Klapperdick will be put there too.
Suspect in police shooting.
The toughest part was getting him to lick up the blade.
Too bad for the cop who had to do the shooting.
Good there’s one less murderous thug roaming the streets. This is all on obama and mad max’s heads.
Another mama who named their kid from what was in a spoon of alphabet soup.
Heavy or loose clothes can defeat taser darts. They actually have to pierce skin and stick IOT transmit the jolt....
Nice ending.
JoMa
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