ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Officials have released the cause of death of a man killed during a sweep of an Atlanta homeless encampment in January.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled that 46-year-old Cornelius Taylor’s death was caused by blunt force injuries to his chest and pelvis. Taylor died as a city vehicle was clearing the encampment on Auburn Avenue on Jan. 16.
The medical examiner’s report noted that Taylor suffered a large abrasion to his hip, a “widely displaced fracture” to his pelvis and several lacerations to his body…