Man Shot, Killed By Atlanta Police Officer At Fogo De Chao

BUCKHEAD, GA — A fatal shooting inside Fogo De Chao in Buckhead left one man dead and a security guard injured, Atlanta police said.

The incident happened just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, police said. The officer who responded to an unruly customer call used a Taser stun gun on the man, who was a former employee, police said, but it had no effect. When the man tried to run towards the front door, the security guard tackled him. The man used his own gun to shoot and injure the security guard, police said. That’s when an officer shot and killed the suspect near the front of the restaurant.

"Our officer did a great job to isolate the subject to the front of the business where no patrons were in harm’s way,” an APD spokesperson said.

The security guard was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition, police said. No one else was hurt during the incident, police said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to the scene and has taken over the investigation.

The man’s parents identified him as 22-year-old Nygil Cullins, who suffered from mental health issues, reported WSB-TV.

They told the news station that 45 minutes after they called 911 for help, their son was dead.

“I would have rather for him to be in psychiatric hospital [than] in a body bag,” his mother Mya Cullins told WSB.