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Athens police fatally shot a man armed with a gun Sunday morning after the man allegedly stole a vehicle at gunpoint at Walker Park, according to a press release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
ACCPD received multiple calls around 10:40 a.m. Sunday about a man with a gun at the park. As officers responded, they received a call about the man stealing the vehicle, according to the release.
Police made contact with the man, who got out of the vehicle with a gun and âbegan making demands,â and he did not comply when officers told him to put the weapon down, according to the release.
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A Winder woman died Monday of injuries she sustained in an April 26 car crash, according to a press release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
The woman, Martha Wood, 72, was driving a Ford Edge on Atlanta Highway near Fowler Mill Road when she left her lane of travel, side-swiped another vehicle and collided head-on with a third vehicle, according to the release. Nobody else involved suffered serious injuries.
The accident was the 10th fatal crash in Athens-Clarke County in 2021, according to the release.