MyAJC.com provides in-depth coverage of the top stories affecting metro Atlantans. Here are three highlights from this past week that you might have missed. Get more details on myAJC.com by clicking on the links below.
Deadly officer-involved shooting. Locust Grove police officer Chase Maddox, 26, was shot and killed and Henry County sheriff's deputies Michael D. Corley and Ralph Sidwell "Sid" Callaway were wounded while serving an arrest warrant to Tierre Guthrie on Friday at a home on St. Francis Court, authorities said. Guthrie was shot and killed. Friends and family remembered Maddox's quick smile and easy-going manner. In the wake of this tragic incident, Maddox leaves behind a pregnant wife. Those who knew Guthrie wonder how the life of that former Marine led to the deadly shooting.
The people affected: Officer's friends and family in shock after deadly shooting.
Two dads killed: Portrait emerges of shooter
National Signing Day and UGA. Between the players signed Wednesday and those signed during the Dec. 20-22 early signing period, University of Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and his staff put together not only what's considered the best class in college football, but one of the best in the history of recruiting rankings. SB Nation called the class "basically a Death Star."
In his own words: Smart's thoughts on the new Bulldogs
A+ class: Ranking how UGA fared with recruiting efforts.
Does recruiting matter? Ask Nick Saban how his team beat Georgia
Georgia football's record: 5 recent Signing Day success stories
Credit: FBI photos
Credit: FBI photos
Freedom Fighter Bandit. A Tennessee grand jury this past week indicted the suspected bank robber who earned the nickname the Freedom Fighter Bandit because she told bank tellers she needed the cash for various social causes. Before Nilsa Marie Urena's arrest after a Tennessee heist, she was the suspect being sought for multiple bank robberies across metro Atlanta since Oct. 30, although federal charges for those crimes have not been filed.
The charges in Tennessee: Georgia authorities have eye on suspect.
Behind the nickname: Demanding money "for the streets" and "for the movement" — and claiming to have a bomb.
