ATLANTA — A Georgia state trooper fired pepper balls inside activist Manuel Paez Teran’s tent on the site of the proposed public safety training facility before gunfire erupted — wounding a trooper and killing Teran.
That description is in two Georgia Department of Public Safety use-of-force incident reports related to the Jan. 18 shooting that were released to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday through an open records request. The reports represent the most complete account of the deadly shooting provided by law enforcement to date.
The reports allege Teran was found inside a tent and briefly spoke to officers, refusing to leave before the pepper balls were fired inside the enclosure. The report says Teran fired the first gunshot, and six officers returned fire.
