GBI Identifies Suspect Killed In Fulton Police Shooting

Updated 11:48 a.m.

ATLANTA, GA — Authorities on Monday identified the person killed in a Fulton County Police shooting Sunday at McDaniel Street.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the shooting killed Elieser Rivera, Jr., 51, of Passaic, New Jersey.

Rivera was accused of breaking the window of a patrol car and moving toward an officer with a piece of metal, the GBI said.

The officer was in the area of McDaniel Street Southwest around 8:15 a.m. Sunday, when Rivera entered a McDaniel apartment complex and damaged the patrol car, the GBI said.

A bystander saw Rivera break the car's window and notified the nearby officer, the GBI said.

As the officer investigated the damage, Rivera advanced toward the officer with flat metal, the GBI said.

Rivera refused to drop the metal, and the officer shot Rivera to death, the GBI said. The officer was not injured in the shooting.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.

Once the GBI's investigation is completed, the case file will be given to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for review.

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