Crime & Safety
Man Shot, Killed Trying To Run Over Undercover Agents During Sting
Undercover agents open fire on a man trying to run them over during a drug sting in a Holly Springs Walmart parking lot.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — A man wanted for drug trafficking was shot and killed Monday night during an undercover operation in a Walmart parking lot, according to multiple reports.
Agents with the Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad were doing an undercover operation around 7:30 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of the Walmart store along Holly Springs Parkway in Holly Springs, reported WAGA-TV. As agents were about to make an arrest, the man tried to drive away, ramming an agent’s vehicle and then driving towards agents as they shot at him.
The suspect was injured, but sped away, heading north on Highway 5, reported WSB-TV. He hit a guardrail before jumping onto an exit ramp to Interstate 575, driving in the wrong direction along the interstate, reported WSB.
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Before his car stopped, the man hit two other vehicles. He was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where he died from his injuries, reported WSB.
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