Channel 2 exclusive video reveals moments leading up to Coweta Co. officer-involved shooting

NEWNAN, Ga. — A man is dead after officials say he was shot and killed by Coweta County deputies.

Coweta County Sheriff Lenn Wood told Channel 2 Action News that a man pulled up behind deputies on the interstate before revving his engine and speeding past deputies.

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According to the investigation, deputies tried to pull the driver over for a window tint violation, but he sped away.

Coweta deputies and Newnan police chased the suspect before it ended in a crash at the intersection of Herring Road and Palomino Drive just before 2:30 p.m.

In the video from the scene, several deputies and officers can be heard firing at the suspect several times.

Late Friday night, Channel 2 Action News cameras were on the scene as a tow truck drove away with a white Corvette and a Coweta County Sheriff Deputy’s car.

Authorities confirmed that the suspect was killed. A K-9 and a deputy were also hurt during the incident.

“He went into the subdivision and came back out. When he came back out, he hit one of our deputies head-on. That deputy was injured slightly,” said Sheriff Lenn Wood.

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Channel 2 Action News obtained exclusive video from an eyewitness who saw and recorded the shooting.

“When the man got out of the car with the K-9, he pulled out a weapon, and he was shot. The K-9 was shot also,” Wood said.

“Did he point the gun at officers?” Channel 2′s Larry Spruill asked Sheriff Wood.

“He was raising it up, according to what I was told,” Wood said, explaining the moments following the suspect exiting the vehicle. “He got out when the dog, the dog had his arm, and according to my officers, he was raising the gun up.”

Tonya Jordan works across the street. She heard the sirens.

“It’s too close to a retirement home. We have a lot of elderly people in there. It’s scary,” Jordan told Channel 2 Action News.

Authorities confirmed that three Coweta County Deputies and one Newnan Police Officer are on leave until the investigation is completed.

The GBI will take over the investigation into a deadly police shooting in Coweta County.

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