Man shot by Gwinnett police after allegedly ramming patrol vehicle identified

Gwinnett County police fatally shot a man after he drove into a patrol vehicle and pointed a gun at officers following a traffic stop late Tuesday night, authorities said.

It was the 83rd officer-involved shooting investigated by the GBI in 2025, just one fewer than last year.

Officers were called around 11:45 p.m. to the 5700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard regarding a vehicle that had been involved in an incident in another jurisdiction, Gwinnett police spokesperson Cpl. Angela Carter said in a statement Wednesday morning.

According to the GBI, Roswell police had put out an alert for the car, which Gwinnett officers found parked at an unidentified business. A responding officer tried to box in the vehicle, but the driver, identified Wednesday as 39-year-old Brent Elvin Ivy, rammed the car and left it inoperable, officials said.

After more officers joined the pursuit, police said Ivy crashed the vehicle in the 7000 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and started to run away.

“As officers chased Ivy, he took out a handgun and pointed it towards the officers,” the GBI said. “Two officers fired their weapons, fatally wounding Ivy.”

Ivy was pronounced dead at the scene. His body will be taken to the county medical examiner’s office, where an autopsy will be conducted, officials said. No officers were injured during the incident.