A grand jury has indicted a former Georgia police officer accused of fatally shooting a Black man as he tried to surrender during a traffic stop.
Ex-Woodstock officer Grant Matthew Shaw was indicted last month on an involuntary manslaughter charge in connection to the shooting death of Emmanuel Millard on October 12, 2023, per Atlanta News First .
On the night of the shooting, Millard attempted to evade officers as they tried to pull him over for several traffic violations, the Woodstock Police Department previously said.
A chase ensued into Cobb County during which “the suspect ran off the road in multiple locations, nearly struck multiple civilian vehicles, and attempted to strike police vehicles,” according to police. The pursuit ended with officers using a precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver to stop Millard’s car, which crashed near Highway 92 and Old Mountain Park Road in Cobb County.
As officers were attempting to arrest the suspect, Shaw shot Millard. Millard was taken to a hospital, where he later died.