1 killed, 3 shot at gated Gwinnett County apartment complex
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Police say one man has died and three others are injured at an apartment on Buford Drive.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police are on the scene of a deadly shooting inside a gated Gwinnett County apartment Wednesday morning.
Gwinnett County police tell FOX 5 they were called to the Preston Hills at Mill Creek apartment complex on the 2900 block of Buford Drive shortly before 2:30 a.m.
When they got to the scene, officials found one man killed and three others injured.
Medics rushed the three living victims to a nearby hospital. Their condition and identities are unknown, but police have confirmed that the three victims are one man and two women.
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An overturned truck on Interstate 85 northbound near the Hamilton Mill Road exit will keep traffic blocked for the next few hours. (Gwinnett County Police Department)
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA If you don t have much gas in your tank, don t waste it driving north into Gwinnett County on Interstate 85 for the next few hours you ll be stuck in traffic.
All lanes of I-85 northbound just south of Hamilton Mill Road are blocked due to an overturned truck and trailer, according to a tweet at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday from the Gwinnett County Police Department. No injuries have been reported, but you can expect to have to wait with your engine idling while officials clear the wreckage. Drivers are advised to take alternate routes if possible.
Unknown woman s skull found in Gwinnett County woods, police say
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Police shared a sketch of what the woman in the case could possibly look like. (Gwinnett County Police Department)
BUFORD, Ga. - Police are asking the public to help them identify an unknown woman whose skull was found in Gwinnett County.
Officials with the Gwinnett County Police Department say officers went to the 2700 block of Hamilton Mill Road on April 11 after a call for service.
At the scene, officers found a human skull behind the woods in the area.
After a forensic investigation, police believe that the woman was either Caucasian or mixed-race and was between the ages of 20 and 35 years old.
Commentators have pointed to a resistance to change among officers and an inability to garner community buy-in as reasons for the slowdown in progress in Baltimore.
Part of the problem, as seen with Baltimore, is that federal intervention does not appear to guarantee lasting change. Research shows that Department of Justice regulations aimed at reform only slightly reduce police misconduct. There is also no evidence that national efforts targeting the use of force alone mitigate police killings.
Community-led reform
One beacon of hope is the Cincinnati Police Department. Twenty years ago, residents in Cincinnati experienced events similar to what many cities have faced in more recent years. An unarmed Black man, Timothy Thomas, was shot dead by officers in 2001, sparking widespread unrest. It led Cincinnati to enter into a different model of reform: a collaborative agreement.
Success stories of U.S. cities that have reformed their police suggest community, officer buy-in might be key | Opinion
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The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment – but courtroom justice cannot deliver the sweeping changes most Americans feel are needed to improve policing in the U.S.
As America continues to grapple with racism and police killings, federal action over police reform has stalled in Congress. But at the state level there is movement and steps toward reform are underway in many U.S. cities, including Philadelphia; Oakland, California; and Portland, Oregon.