COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The family of a Cobb County man shot by police and accused of trying to run over an officer is demanding charges to be dropped, saying what happened was a misunderstanding.
Quortavious Greene’s family told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell he couldn’t get out of his car when police asked him because he uses a wheelchair.
Police showed up to the East Cobb neighborhood for a man asleep behind the wheel and ended up shooting him.
Greene’s attorney, Musa Ghanayem, has filed an internal affairs complaint and is fighting to get the charges dropped.
“His injuries were pretty bad. He has an open wound. He has shrapnel wounds on his hand,” Ghanayem said.
According to the warrant, police say Greene ignored several commands to get out of his car, hit a police cruiser and a fire truck then drove toward an officer before he took off.
It happened just before 6 a.m. earlier this month.
“He’s a paraplegic, and when they woke him up they asked him to get out of the car, he needed help getting out of the car,” Ghanayem said. “Their response was to draw their weapon.”
“He called me, and while he was on the phone, he said they are trying to kill me,” said his partner, Tory Magby.
Greene’s attorney said his client was on the way home when he dozed off.
“He owns a parking lot, he owns a trucking company, he’s a busy guy,” Ghanayem said.
The attorney said Greene drove off because he was afraid.
the GBI said Cobb police requested their assistance for the police shooting five days after it happened.
“I want the officer that discharged his weapon to face whatever accountability that there is,” the attorney said.
Cobb County police said they are not commenting on this active investigation.
Greene surrendered to police, but his attorney claimed police tried to get in the way of that process, and he filed an internal affairs complaint.
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