Q: What happened to the person and case wherein Troy Davis allegedly shot someone in the face on the same day Officer Mark MacPhail was killed?
-- Janice Moser, Flovilla
A: Michael Cooper was in the front passenger seat of a car leaving a party near Savannah when several of the men in the car leaned out the window shouting and throwing things. Davis shot at the car, and the bullet shattered the back windshield and lodged in Cooper's right jaw, according to information from Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens' office. Cooper was treated at a hospital and released. The shooting occurred about an hour before Officer Mark MacPhail was shot. Cooper's injury was the basis for Count IV of Davis' indictment -- possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. "A ballistics expert testified that the bullet recovered from MacPhail's body was of the same type and was possibly fired from the same weapon as used in the Cooper shooting. Four .38 special casings recovered at Cloverdale, where Michael Cooper was wounded, were fired from the same gun as casings found at the scene of Officer MacPhail's murder," according to the state attorney general's website.
Q: When the HOT lane ends just south of the I-285 interchange, does it revert back to a HOV lane? Specifically, autos with two riders or more can use the HOV lane from that point to the end of the HOV?
-- Pete Joyce, Suwanee
A: Yes, it will revert back to an HOV lane.
Lori Johnston wrote this column; Rhonda Cook and Ariel Hart contributed. Do you have a question about the news? We’ll try to get the answer. Call 404-222-2002 or email q&a@ajc.com (include name, phone and city).
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