Paul, I mentioned the other shooting because Avondale Estates is a small town. To have two officer-related shootings in that length of time is work noting.

Is it interesting that there have been two cases of police shooting suspects in a one and half year span, sure. Ralph, other interesting item is that while AE is such a small town there seems to be a growing amount of crime being waged on AE residents through car and home burglary from external threats. Threats that a small town and small police force need to burden. More interestingly this is the second high speed reckless drive through (read stolen cars) of AE since April 2012 (that one ended up with the car being driven into a tree catching fire while the suspect fled on foot). I think AE PD is responding appropriately to these external threats brought into the neighborhood by nearby communities.

Concerned Parent says:" Someone lost their life here." I did not know the perpetrator was killed?? I thought he was transported via ambulance to the hospital. Concerned Parent says: "....someone was fighting with me, I am going to unload the gun not just one bullet." GOSH,YOU would give the police a bad name!! As I understand the COP was knocked to the ground and jumped on by the crook. The COP shot him during the scuffle. The COP got to go home virtually unharmed while the bandit went to the hospital. That is a good day in my book and certainly the GOOD GUYS WIN!!

How is it Concerned Parent that you have such a different view of what happened? Plenty of AE residents were privy of the encounter and this "boy" , as you call him, was not as innocent as you proclaim. Perhaps you're relying on what you wish had happened rather than what did. You also seem very concerned about his life and his relationships as "a brother, child, uncle, friend" but where is your concern about the countless lives he endangered by driving a reportedly stolen car at reckless speed to himself and others? This individual acted unwisely and recklessly and disobeyed orders from a police officer. Police officers are there to protect all from the dangerous and unlawful. Police respond in force with force. If the crook had listened and followed the officers commands, he would still be living today. His death is his own doing through all of his actions that Friday. I commend the AE police for professionally responding to a threat.

The guy was 20, yes he came after the officer, "small Police Department yes" in the middle of a huge area of thugs, get the story straight...Good officer...sad for everyone.. but people are clueless!!! Take your citizens academy training and you will learn to think before you speak...And I'm sorry this man made a bad choice...we have all done that and thankfully lived to see another day. Too bad for all involved. AND remember Avondale is in the middle of Dekalb and one of the best things their Chief knows and pushes is Training, Training, Training. And if you knew the boy then why this behavior that started his road to negativity?

contented-NOT don't be naive.....the one thing that helps everyone is an eyewitness and their were many at that time of day. Good thing his driving didn't kill innocent victims.

Yes. The perp committed a traffic violation and the police ran the tag. It was stolen from a package store on Covington Hwy.

Not a 100 percent on if the officer tagged the stolen car before the chase started.

Did the COP need to know more than the perp disobeyed the stay in the car order and that the perp knocked him to the ground ? At that point I would think the stolen car would be a far away thought.

The officer did not need to know that the car was stolen in order to initiate a traffic stop if the perp violated a traffic law, which he did.