GBI: Man who shot police K-9 identified after fatal standoff in Clayton
A man suspected in a Clayton County homicide was shot and killed by law enforcement Friday after he fatally wounded a police K-9 during a standoff, officials confirmed.
The man, identified as 33-year-old Dexton Bolden of Jonesboro, was inside a car on Riverdale Road at Flat Shoals Road for hours after authorities attempted to pull him over and he sped off near I-285, the GBI said. Bolden was accused of murder after a man was found dead Thursday from multiple gunshot wounds at a home on Kendrick Road, according to Clayton police.
Authorities managed to stop the vehicle after using a PIT maneuver, but the GBI said they had difficulty making contact with Bolden.
A Georgia State Patrol trooper sent their K-9, Figo, into the vehicle to “get compliance,” but the dog was shot by Bolden, according to the GBI.
“There was an exchange of gunfire between the driver, troopers and deputies,” the GBI said.
Bolden died at the scene. Figo was flown to Blue Pearl Animal Hospital in Sandy Springs, where he eventually died.
The GBI will be conducting an independent investigation into the incident, which is the 93rd officer-involved shooting the state agency has been asked to probe this year.
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