1. Investigators: DeKalb County is 'rotten to the core'
Special investigators including former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers hired to get to the bottom of corruption in DeKalb wrote a letter to Interim DeKalb CEO Lee may Wednesday, stating that the county is "rotten to the core" with employees allegedly abusing taxpayer money, taking bribes and more. Read more.
2. Dead Tennessee theater shooter was armed with hatchet, gun
The suspect involved in the Wednesday shooting at a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with a SWAT team that stormed the theater, according to police. The unindentified suspect was armed with a gun and a hatchet at the Carmike Hickory 8 theater. Don Aaron, a spokesman for Metro Nashville police, said one person may have suffered a hatchet wound. Read more.
3. Coach Johnson: Yellow Jackets have 'a mile to go'
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets practiced for the first time in full pads Wednesday, but the team's performance didn't impress coach Paul Johnson. "We've got a mile to go," Johnson said. "A mile." The team will continue to use pads at least for Thursday and will hold its first scrimmage Saturday. Read more.
4. Lawrenceville home destroyed by fire
A house in the 1100 block of Hiram Davis Road SE in Lawrenceville was destroyed by a fire Wednesday afternoon. According to authorities, the cause of the fire is under investigation. Read more.
5. Shot in the Back: New look at 2011 Union City police shooting death
A Fulton County grand jury convened Wednesday afternoon in the case of Luther Lewis, the white Union City police officer accused of the controversial shooting death of Ariston Waiter — a black teenager — in 2011. District Attorney Paul Howard reopened the shooting death case in May after an investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News that raised questions about whether the shooting was justified. Read more.
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