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Torpy at Large: Another casualty of the drug war
By Bill Torpy
June 17, 2015David Hooks, a 59-year-old businessman and grandfather was killed when Laurens County deputies stormed his home looking for drugs. They were acting on the word of a guy who had stolen Hooks' SUV and claimed that the 20 grams of meth he was carrying had come from the vehicle.
After shooting Hooks four times, the deputies searched his house for two full days. What do you figure they found?
Read the whole tale, exclusively on MyAJC.com.
About the Author
Bill Torpy continues to contribute columns to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since retiring in 2025. The Chicago native started covering metro Atlanta for the AJC in 1990.
