

This type of game spawned several subgenres that moved the genre from just being able to shoot but to also to include many other interesting activities such as driving a vehicle. Gradually shooters became more flexible with the possibilities available in virtual worlds allowing for more immersive games. Witnesses like Ivey say they’re relieved the shooting didn’t affect any bystanders.A shooter is a type of video game that features firearms or projectiles. “Sounded like they had exchanged over 30 shots, and they were both still standing afterwards,” Ivey told Johnson.įederal and local authorities spent the evening gathering evidence while blocking off parts of Ted Turner Drive. The Atlanta Police Department confirmed that someone was shot, but we don’t know that person’s condition. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security haven’t released information about what led up to the shooting. So the officer put the assault rifle back in his vehicle and then started to pursue the man on foot,” Ivey said. But the gentleman just kept walking away. “The officer stopped and got out with an assault rifle. He said it appears the officer was trying to get the suspect to stop. Grave joke: Headstone’s profane message no laughing matter to Iowa officialsĪlabama church shooting: 1 person killed, 2 injured suspect in custody Man kidnaps young mother, toddler before shooting mother to death in DeKalb woods Ivey said he was at a traffic light at Martin Luther King Jr. “I kind of realized, I was like, ‘Oh, there could be bullets flying towards my direction.’ So I just kind of hunched down behind my dash and just kept recording,” said Ben Ivey, who shot the video of the incident. This video shows an officer with the Federal Protective Service shooting at someone who is returning fire just outside the Richard Russell Federal Building. The incident happened late Friday afternoon just a block away from two federal buildings in downtown Atlanta along Ted Turner Drive. An officer with the Federal Protection Service shot a man in downtown Atlanta Friday afternoon, multiple agencies told Channel 2 Action News.Ĭhannel 2′s Matt Johnson obtained video showing the tense moments before a shootout between the man and officer.
