Incident
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10-02-2014 Georgia Decatur 1-1
Location
October 02, 2014
DeKalb Magistrate CourtDecatur, Georgia
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
- Name: Detective Phil Cristy
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Name: Miguel Benton
- Age: 19
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- Officer Involved Incident
- Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
- Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Notes
During transport to court, grabbed officer's gun & shot him in the thigh and the wrist. Officer's partner, Detective Eddie Stubbs, shot and killed suspect
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 40 SW
Sources
District
Congressional District: 4State Senate District: 41
State House District: 86