GBI: Suspected drunk driver fatally shot by police after attempting to escape traffic stop
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Authorities said a Spalding County man was shot and killed after leading police on a car chase and aiming a gun at officers. (Photo courtesy of GBI)
SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a man was shot and killed by police on Saturday in Spalding County.
The man killed was 29-year-old Stephen Neil Weigand from Griffin. Police said he attempted to evade arrest and led officers from multiple law enforcement agencies on a cross-county chase before aiming a gun at officers.
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