A 36-year-old man was shot and killed by Savannah police after allegedly pointing a gun at them during a traffic stop Saturday night.
According to a release from The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, SPD requested their assistance at approximately 10:19 p.m., 49 minutes after the traffic stop was initiated.
According to GBI's preliminary investigation, SPD stopped the man near East Bolton Street and Waters Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, after the driver of the vehicle allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign.
While officers were talking to the unidentified driver outside the vehicle, a passenger, identified as Maurice Sentel Mincey, of Savannah was "moving around inside the vehicle when officers asked Mincey to stop moving and show his hands," according to the GBI release.
"Mincey refused to do as instructed and suddenly stepped out of the vehicle. Mincey then pointed a firearm at officers and an officer fired gunshots at Mincey, striking him. Mincey was pronounced dead at the scene," the GBI release read.
An autopsy will be performed at the GBI Crime Lab.
This marks the 54th officer-involved shooting that GBI has been requested to investigate this year. No Savannah police officers were injured.
The GBI will conduct an independent investigation, and upon completion, it will be provided to the Chatham County District Attorney’s Office for review.
No officers were injured in this incident.
This officer-involved shooting comes on the heels of the death of William Zachary Harvey, who died on April 2 in a Savannah Police Department interview room while being questioned in connection to an aggravated assault.
Five Savannah police officers were fired as a result of the investigation into Harvey's death.
Check back to savannahnow.com for updates.
Will Peebles is the enterprise reporter for Savannah Morning News. He can be reached at wpeebles@gannett.com and @willpeeblessmn on Twitter.
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: GBI: Man shot and killed by Savannah police after pointing gun during traffic stop
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