Atlanta approves $1.4M settlement for police officer acquitted in 2019 fatal shooting

The Atlanta City Council in Georgia unanimously voted on Monday to settle with a former Atlanta police officer who was acquitted in a deadly shooting The city council has agreed to settle with Oliver Simmonds for million according to Fox Atlanta In Simmonds was charged with felony murder aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of violation of an oath of populace office in the July fatal shooting at a gas station in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT'S DAD FIGHTS 'EPICENTER' MURDER TRIAL ATTORNEYA jury determined Simmonds was not guilty after four hours of deliberations following his trial in September Simmonds assigned to then-Democrat Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms s Executive Protection Unit was off-duty and wearing plain clothes at the time of the shooting US MARSHALS TRACK DOWN 'TRAINED KILLER' MISTAKENLY PUBLISHED FROM JAIL DAHe was pumping gas at a Shell station near the intersection of McDaniel and Whitehall streets when he came into contact with -year-old D'Ettrick Griffin According to police Griffin hopped into the driver s seat of Simmonds unmarked police SUV and attempted to drive away Simmonds then fired his gun at Griffin striking the teenager who drove off in the truck before crashing shortly after Griffin died from the injuries he suffered in the affair