Athens-Clarke County Police have released the body cam video of the October 5 officer-involved shooting on Baxter Street. 28 year-old knife-wielding Salvador Salazar was shot and wounded outside the University Garden Apartments. The GBI is investigating, as they are in the case of Bonny Thomas, the 54 year-old Athens woman who was shot and killed by police, also while waving a knife, outside an apartment on Chalfont Drive. That officer-involved shooting, the fifth this year in Athens, happened Monday.
From the Athens-Clarke County Police Dept…
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has released the body camera footage from the Officer Involved Shooting on October 5th. The incident took place at 190 Baxter Drive. In the video, the subject identified as Salvador Salazar, swings a large knife or machete at our officer, resulting in our officer firing his weapon.
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