A Georgia man was shot and killed by police on Sunday after he was observed waving around a firearm near a gas station in Athens, according to officials.
Athens-Clarke County Police responded at about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday near the intersection of Lexington Road and Gaines School Road to a report of a man waving around a "machine gun," according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Officers arrived and saw the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Sims, at a Verizon store before crossing the road to the parking lot of a QuickTrip gas station.
Sims was chased by officers and instructed to drop the firearm. But at one point during the brief chase, Sims fired the gun at the pursuing officers. Two officers returned fire and struck the suspect multiple times.
The suspect was given emergency medical assistance by officers at the scene until emergency medical technicians arrived.
Sims was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No officers were injured during the incident.
Athens-Clarke County Police have requested the GBI to investigate the officer-involved shooting.
The two officers involved in the shooting on Sunday have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the GBI's investigation into the incident.
Sims' body will be taken to the GBI Crime Lab in Decatur, Georgia, for an autopsy.
When the investigation is finished, it will be handed over to the Clarke County District Attorney's Office for review.
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August 12, 2024, 11:12 AM
chellim1
A predictable pattern... They will hold a "memorial service" at the 'QuickTrip' and then they will hope to cash in on their ghetto lottery tickets...
Sisters shaken after police shoot, kill man accused of waiving around machine gun in Athens
GBI identifies suspect shot, killed during shootout with Athens-Clarke police at Quik Trip
ATHENS, Ga. — A community is asking questions after several people saw police shoot a man outside an Athens gas station Sunday morning.
Marquavious Sims, 26, died at the hospital.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation is in charge of gathering evidence that that Athens-Clarke County District Attorney’s Office will use to determine if the shooting was justified or if the officers used excessive force.
Sims sisters, fiancée and mother spoke to Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco less than 24 hours after the shooting.
They said they had high hopes for Sims. One of his sisters said she was there with him when police shot him.
It happened before 1:30 in the morning. People were talking in a parking lot near Sundown Saloon.
“The club is here. So, people be, like, all over. Ss, like, people just be walking around different spots just mingling and stuff like that,” said Ivory Brown.
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August 12, 2024, 11:31 AM
Johnny 3eagles
Ivory Brown, like, speaks like and stuff like that, a reliable,and stuff, witness.
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August 12, 2024, 11:52 AM
0-0
Gas station is a non smokin’ area. It’s illegal, you know.
Had to ventilate him instead.
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August 12, 2024, 12:20 PM
trapper189
Should have read the Sundown’s Yelp review:
“Don't go Not a good place I've been trying to delete these pics 4ever. 5years ago this place offered karaoke this place is bit as it was 5 years ago. Do not go its bit safe.“
August 12, 2024, 01:33 PM
Texas Bob C.
Where is his grade school photo?
August 12, 2024, 01:46 PM
DennisM
quote:
Originally posted by Texas Bob C.: Where is his grade school photo?
Grade school photo??? You mean "The most recent picture that doesn't have a booking number or a height grid in the background?"
Wait, sorry... Same thing.
Good to know that the females of the household had a high hopes for him. Not waving a gun around, taking shots at responding officers, and getting shot in return wouldn't SEEM like a heavy lift for those hopes .
They could find and maybe interview the male family members who had a part in his upbringing and ask....
Wait, sorry again. You'd have better luck asking a complex physics question.
August 12, 2024, 02:16 PM
cas
Marquavious. He never had a chance.
August 12, 2024, 02:18 PM
Lunasee
quote:
Originally posted by 0-0: Gas station is a non smokin’ area. It’s illegal, you know.
Had to ventilate him instead.
0-0
They went somewhere else to smoke him.
August 12, 2024, 10:23 PM
Redhookbklyn
quote:
Originally posted by cas: Marquavious. He never had a chance.
Going to need a big tombstone with a moniker like that.
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August 13, 2024, 12:34 PM
egregore
quote:
Going to need a big tombstone with a moniker like that.
(edited to fix "trouble with the maths")This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore,
August 13, 2024, 03:15 PM
Expert308
quote:
Originally posted by Redhookbklyn:
quote:
Originally posted by cas: Marquavious. He never had a chance.
Going to need a big tombstone with a moniker like that.
Isn't there supposed to be an apostrophe in there someplace?
August 13, 2024, 06:24 PM
Lefty Sig
quote:
Originally posted by Expert308:
quote:
Originally posted by Redhookbklyn:
quote:
Originally posted by cas: Marquavious. He never had a chance.
Going to need a big tombstone with a moniker like that.
Isn't there supposed to be an apostrophe in there someplace?
And a "D" before the apostrophe...
August 13, 2024, 10:39 PM
Paten
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Who ever made that picture has trouble with the maths.
