ATLANTA — The gun used to shoot a trooper during last week’s deadly encounter near Atlanta’s planned public safety training center was purchased by Manuel Teran, the protester who was then killed when authorities returned fire, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Monday.
GBI spokeswoman Nelly Miles said the agency confirmed via transaction records that Teran, known to friends as “Tortuguita,” legally purchased the Smith & Wesson in question in September 2020.
“We’re providing this update to address the widespread misinformation that is occurring,” Miles wrote in an emailed statement.
