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Monroe, GA - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has released police video showing what led up to a deadly officer-involved shooting in Walton County Thursday.
The video shows a Monroe police officer encountering Mahlon Summerour, who was wearing a curtain over his clothes and had what officers believe was a gun in his hands. The video stops just before the officer shot and killed Summerour. During the encounter, Summerour points the weapon at the officer who then shot him.
It happened around 9 a.m. in the 400 block of East Marable Street. The GBI said the officers ordered him to turn over the weapon and he didn’t.
WHEN HE REFUSED TO HAND OVER THE GUN, ONE OF THE TWO OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY FIRED HIS GUN AT THE MAN, striking him in the chest. Investigators said what Summerhour was holding turned out to be a replica machine gun.
Medics rushed the 63-year-old man to an area hospital where he later died.