GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A traffic stop in Gwinnett County ended with a suspect shot and killed by police. Officers pulled their guns after they say the suspect pointed a gun at them.
The shooting happened on Peachtree Industrial Blvd near Winters Chapel Road overnight. Police shut down the road for hours.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation later identified the suspect as Brent Elvin Ivy, a 39-year-old from Dacula.
All the latest developments on the investigation, on Channel 2 Action News at 6:00 p.m.
Gwinnett County police said officers tried to pull over a driver in an SUV that was wanted out of Roswell. Investigators said Ivy rammed the SUV into an officer’s patrol car and tried to run.
Police said he jumped over the center median and the chase only went a couple hundred feet when an officer deployed a Taser, which was unsuccessful.
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Officers said the suspect fell to the ground, but grabbed a gun and pointed it at officers. At least two officers fired at Ivy, who was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.
No officers were hurt.
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