WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Teen carjacker shot
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Associated Press - November 15, 2009 11:44 AM ET
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Macon police officers shot and killed a teenager Saturday after he tried to run over the officers with a stolen sport utility vehicle.
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says the man was 18-year-old Bradley Gastin.
Macon police spokesman Sgt. Zac Self. says the incident happened shortly before 5 p.m. near a nursing home.
Earlier, he says two young men carjacked a maroon 2000 Ford Expedition. The carjackers took the man who had been driving the Expedition to a nearby corner put him out of the vehicle.
Police later followed the SUV, shooting the driver after he tried to run over officers and rammed a police car.
Information from: The Macon Telegraph, http://www.macontelegraph.com
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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