UPDATE: Suspects arrested, one shot after chase near Opelika ends in Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A police chase that began near Opelika and ended on Boxwood Boulevard Tuesday morning resulted in one of two suspects being shot.
On April 28 at approximately 4:30 a.m., Lee County deputies responded to a call regarding suspicious activity in a residential area. The caller reported that the male suspects left in a stolen vehicle. Deputies located the suspects in the vehicle and attempted to stop them, but the driver fled from the deputies in the vehicle.
Local community reacts to Chauvin guilty verdicts
Local community reacts to Chauvin guilty verdicts By Brennan Reh | April 21, 2021 at 8:54 AM EDT - Updated April 21 at 8:54 AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The local community is reacting Tues. following former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on two murder charges and one manslaughter charge in the death of George Floyd.
”It’s a long time coming. It is possible to have and get justice,” said Freddie Williams.
“To finally get that little sense of hope and just that hope for some change can finally come. We haven’t felt that in a very long time and especially in my lifetime,” Kamryn Tate said.