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Douglasville Kennesaw Mableton Marietta Rome Smyrna / Vinings Woodstock Search Welcome Menu Log in Contact us Community Home HS Sports Schools Crime Families Moms Pets Events Restaurants Businesses Deals! GBI: Trucker turned semi toward police before being fired upon Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Sunday, February 21st, 2016, 11:18pm COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is working to find out more about an officer involved shooting involving a truck driver on Saturday night. The incident happened on Old National Highway in College Park officials said. Preliminary information shows that four officers noticed suspicious activity from a truck driver, later identified as 46-year-old Yahya Nalm Shakur. Police said that Shakur was "operating the semi-trailer in an unsafe manner" but did not elaborate on exactly what got their attention. The statement from the GBI said that police ordered Shakur to stop and that he refused instead turning the large vehicle toward the officers. Officers responded by firing at the wheels and engine of the truck. Officers later used a taser to remove Shakur from the truck but, according to the preliminary report, he was not shot. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Kennesaw man killed in police pursuit Submitted by Michael H. King , Digital Executive Producer Friday, February 12th, 2016, 11:39pm COLLEGE PARK, GA (WXIA) -- A 32-year-old Kennesaw man was killed late Friday afternoon when he was ejected from the Ford F-350 he was driving crashed during a police pursuit. Deputies from the Fulton County Sheriff's Office tried to conduct a traffic stop on the 2004 F-350. When the driver, Jonathan Fowler of Kennesaw, did not stop, a chase ensued. The Georgia State Patrol was contacted to assist Fulton County Deputies with the pursuit. The chase ended on Roosevelt Highway at Leslie Drive when GSP troopers performed a PIT maneuver on Fowler's truck. Fowler was ejected from the truck and died at the scene of the wreck. The Georgia State Patrol's Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team and the DPS Office of Professional Standards is conducting a follow-up investigation. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: $10K reward offered in crash that killed young children, grandmother Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Friday, February 5th, 2016, 8:03pm COLLEGE PARK -- Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta is now offering a massive reward for information on the wreck that killed a grandmother and two young children after a police chase on Sunday. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Suspect recovering after officer-involved shooting Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Monday, January 25th, 2016, 7:14am COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- A robbery suspect is recovering in the hospital after being shot by a College Park police officer early Monday morning. College park Police Chief Kieth Meadows said two officers were flagged down in the area of 2450 Old National Parkway, near the Baymont Inn and were advised that they had been robbed by three men. The officers spotted three men and tried to apprehend them. That's when they say shots were fired by the officers and one suspect was hit in the arm and leg with what are believed to be non-life threatening wounds. Neither the officers involved, nor the other two suspects were injured. The suspect who was shot was transported to the hospital, the other two were taken into custody. College Park police will investigate the armed robbery, while the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will take over the investigation of the officer-involved shooting. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Clayton County PD captures sexual assault suspect Submitted by Michael H. King , Digital Executive Producer Saturday, January 9th, 2016, 8:31am COLLEGE PARK, GA (WXIA) -- Clayton County Police said Friday evening that they have caught the suspect in a November 30 sexual assault. Investigators said the suspect had sexually assaulted a woman in front of her child. View Comments | Post a Comment Share: Police: woman sexually assaulted in front of her child Submitted by Julie Wolfe , 11Alive Reporter Thursday, January 7th, 2016, 1:55pm COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint in front of her child. Clayton County Police say the assault happened November 30th inside the woman's car at the Stonebrook Apartments on Norman Drive. Police obtained security video from a nearby Circle K showing the man identified by the victim. PHOTOS | Man wanted for sexually assaulting woman Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: South Fulton teen accidentally shoots mother in neck Submitted by 11Alive News Staff Monday, December 21st, 2015, 6:17pm FULTON COUNTY -- Police said a mother is in stable condition after being shot in the neck by her son. According to Fulton County Police Detective Melissa Parker the shooting appeared to be accidental. The boy said he found the gun in a park and thought it was a toy. The boy was charged with Aggravated Assault. The condition of the mother is not known. Read More View Comments | Post a Comment Share: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Events Saturday Storytime with Junior League of Atlanta Jan 25, 12:30PM Atlanta Fulton Public Library Friday Paint Night Fun! 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