Off-Duty Police Officer Who Shot Atlanta Rapper Had Disciplinary History

Outside a Buckhead bar on the night of Oct. 11, Linton Blackwell was shot and killed by Gerald Walker, an off-duty Atlanta police officer.

Since the shooting, Blackwell’s family and friends have been trying to piece together what happened the night the father of twin girls was killed and why the officer decided to use lethal force.

“This [has] devastated our family,” Jimmy Hill, Blackwell’s cousin, told Capital B Atlanta. “They never did say he pointed a weapon at that officer.”…

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