Authorities ID suspect fatally shot by state trooper
A Georgia State Patrol officer shot and killed a suspect during a vehicle pursuit Saturday evening in Morgan County.
The deceased suspect has been identified as Horace Lorenzo Parks, 45, of Morgan County, the State Patrol said.
The shooting followed a chase that ended when Parks rammed a local police vehicle in Morgan County, authorities said. Parks pointed a gun at his head and then at the officers, and the trooper fired at him, said Lt. Paul Cosper of the Georgia State Patrol.
Parks led the trooper on a chase around 8 p.m., when the trooper spotted his vehicle, which local authorities had tied to a shooting at a restaurant, Cosper said.
--Angel K. Brooks contributed to this article.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
