Atlanta approves $1.4M settlement for police officer acquitted in 2019 fatal shooting

The Atlanta City Council in Georgia unanimously voted on Monday to settle with a former Atlanta police officer who was acquitted in a deadly 2019 shooting.

The city council has agreed to settle with Oliver Simmonds for $1.4 million, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

In 2022, Simmonds was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of violation of an oath of public office in the July 15, 2019, fatal shooting at a gas station in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood…

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