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Monday, December 24, 2012

Police Arrest Suspect in Poncey-Highland Homicide

Atlanta Police arrested Antonio Johnson on Monday for the November murder of Lee Lowery III.

Atlanta Police made an arrest, Monday, in the murder of 20-year-old Lee Lowery III, who was found shot in the breezeway of a Ponce de Leon Avenue apartment complex on Nov. 12.  A press statement from Sgt. Greg Lyon with the APD Public Affairs Unit said that police arrested Antonio Johnson, 22, after responding to a vehicle accident at Parkway and Felton Drive. Johnson was taken into custody when officers discovered he was wanted for murder. He is now in Fulton County Jail. Lowery grew up in the Highlands area of the neighborhood and attended Grady High School. A day after the shooting Atlanta Police released a video showing the moments that led to the fatal shooting in the breezeway of the Ford Factory Lofts, located in the Poncey-Highland…

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Homegoing: Fallen Police Officer 'A Real Hero' [Photos]

The funeral was held Saturday for Officer Shawn Smiley, who was killed with Officer Richard Halford in a police helicopter crash, last Saturday night.

  Family, friends and colleagues poured praised on their memories of Atlanta Police Officer Shawn Smiley, Saturday, during his funeral at First Baptist Church of Atlanta.   Smiley and Officer Richard Halford were killed in a police helicopter crash at Martin Luther King and H.E. Holmes Drive on Saturday, Nov. 3, as they searched for a missing 9-year-old boy. The child was later found safe. Hundreds of officers from APD, Fulton County and nearby areas paid tribute in formation before the service. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Council also paid tribute to Smiley at the service. “When I got the call last Saturday night, I knew it was not going to be good,” said Atlanta Police Chief George Turner. “I didn’t know how bad it was …

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