CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned the identity of a man shot by Clayton County police on Interstate 75 Thursday.
A source from the GBI said 47-year-old Michael Clifford Garmon of McDonough was the man who died after he allegedly tried to grab the gun from a Clayton County police officer.
Police said the officer confronted Garmon after he was spotted trying to break into an abandoned car on I-75 near old Dixie Highway Thursday morning.
The officer was not injured.
WSBTV
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