ATLANTA _ The man accused of killing a Gwinnett, Ga., police officer was found hiding in a wooden shed wielding a lawn mower blade and was shot and killed after he refused to obey police commands, authorities said.
After receiving information from a tipster on Tafahree Maynard's whereabouts, 75-90 police officers descended on a neighborhood in unincorporated Snellville, set up a perimeter and went house to house, Gwinnett Police Chief Butch Ayers said at a press briefing.
After finding Maynard, police initially used a Taser. They shot after determining he had was armed with a mower blade.
"The danger to the community is over," Ayers said.
