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ELBERTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia State Patrol trooper shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in northeast Georgia.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said preliminary information indicates the motorist — 24-year-old Edwin Amaya Maldonado of Elberton, Georgia — reached for the trooper's gun belt after being pulled over Thursday night in Elbert County.
The GBI said in a statement that the trooper shot Maldonado once, striking him in his upper body.
The agency said the trooper stopped Maldonado for a traffic offense, then suspected he was driving under the influence and without a license. The GBI said the trooper tried to arrest Maldonado, who resisted and reached for the gun belt.
The county is about 100 miles northeast of Atlanta, on the Georgia-South Carolina line.
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