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New details in deadly police shooting of unarmed black man
Deravis Caine Rogers was suspected of breaking into vehicles at a northeast Atlanta apartment complex on the night Atlanta Police Officer James Burns shot and killed him.
By Brad Schrade
July 13, 2016The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has obtained the 60-page internal affairs investigation into the shooting of Deravis Caine Rogers, 22, and it reveals that the Atlanta police officer who shot him did not even know if Rogers was a suspect in any crime at the time of the shooting.
Officer James R. Burns shot Rogers through the passenger window of Rogers' car as he drove by and ignored a command to stop. Rogers was later pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital.
In a disciplinary action that became effective Tuesday, APD fired Burns July 1 and said the deadly force used against Rogers was excessive and not justified.
Read more about the latest developments in the AJC's complete coverage of the shooting.
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