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A 27-year-old man was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on Friday after police responded to a complaint of a man sleeping in a car blocking a fast-food drive-thru lane, Georgia authorities said.
The Associated Press reports, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was asked by the Atlanta Police Department to investigate the shooting of Rayshard Brooks, which took place at a Wendy's restaurant. According to the GBI, Brooks was shot during a struggle with an officer after he failed a field sobriety test and resisted arrest. He was taken to a local hospital where he died after surgery.
On Saturday morning, demonstrators gathered outside of the restaurant where Brooks was shot.
Gerald Griggs, an attorney and vice president of Atlanta's NAACP chapter, estimated at least 150 people were at the scene.
“[The protesters] want to know why their dear brother Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed when he was merely asleep on the passenger side and not doing anything,”Griggs said.
He added that even if there was a struggle with officers,“they could have used non-lethal force to take him down.”
Authorities from the GBI said its agents are reviewing videos taken by witnesses and pleaded for any witnesses to come forward on Twitter.
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