Bond was denied Friday morning for Amanuel Menghesha, the man accused of killing veteran Fulton County police detective Terence Avery Green.
Channel 2 Action News reported that, in addition to denying bond in Friday morning’s hearing, a Fulton County judge decided probable cause existed for the murder and other charges filed against 42-year-old Menghesha, who is accused of ambushing Green in a south Fulton neighborhood on March 4.
The case will now move to superior court.
Early on March 4, several residents on Fairburn's Parks Trail called 911 to report gunfire, and Green, a 22-year veteran of the force, was among the officers who responded. By the time police arrived, Menghesha had left his home and wandered three blocks away, to Chastain Way, shooting indiscriminately, Fulton police Chief Cassandra Jones said at the time.
Investigators believe Menghesha was intoxicated.
After Green was shot, officers returned fire and struck Menghesha, who survived and was transported to Grady for treatment. Hours later in the hospital, Menghesha was charged with murdering Green.
Menghesha's injuries were not life-threatening, but he spent more than two weeks in the hospital before being booked into the Fulton County jail. He waived his only previous court appearance.
Green, 48, is survived by his parents and four sons. Thousands attended his funeral.
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