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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Man shot 17 times in the back by off-duty cop outside an Atlanta bar, autopsy shows

Atlanta police Officer Gerald Walker shot and killed Linton Blackwell rapper aka ‘B Green’ last month - (Atlanta Police Department/Youtube)

An autopsy reveals a local Atlanta rapper was shot 17 times in the back by an off-duty police officer, an update that has only intensified outrage among his family and friends, who are demanding the cop be criminally charged.

Linton Blackwell, a 44-year-old father of twin daughters and fixture in Atlanta’s music community, also known as “B-Green,” was shot and killed on October 11 outside Five Paces Inn in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.

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