Five things to know Tuesday, May 17:

1. Rain swept across metro Atlanta early Tuesday morning and started to cause crashes. [Lauren Foreman has the details | your Atlanta weather forecast]

2. An editor for an online news site said her adult son was targeted by Atlanta police as he attempted to sell a laptop he advertised on Craigslist. [Alexis Stevens has the police response to this allegation]

3. A man died Monday night after Clayton County police shot him for running from and aiming a gun at them, authorities said. [Raisa Habersham has more details on this story]

4.  A 4.5-foot copperhead snake bit an employee Monday afternoon at the Lowe's Home Improvement store in North Carolina. [Find out more about what happened here]

5. You'll be amazed and astounded by the stories of these 11 amusement parks that once called Atlanta home. [Check out Pete Corson's photo story and interactive presentation here]

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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