CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Authorities say a police officer fatally shot a gun-wielding man during a traffic stop in Bartow County.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman Scott Dutton told local news media that an Emerson police officer initiated a traffic stop around 11 a.m. Wednesday before the driver of the vehicle pulled out a gun and pointed it toward the officer. Dutton says the officer then fired at the driver.
Bartow County EMS told WSB-TV that the man was pronounced dead at the Cartersville Medical Center.
Names of the officer and the driver have not been released.
No officers were injured.