DASH-CAM: Officer Shoots Armed Heroin Trafficker In Georgia

By Bob Owens

When the nice officer uncovers multiple felony warrants and politely tells you to step out of the car with your hands up, it’s probably a bad idea to go for your gun:

The dash-cam footage showing the dramatic moment when a Georgia police officer shot and killed a man wanted on numerous drug charges has been released by authorities.

Brent Andrew Brannon, 27, was wanted by police on eight felony charges, including trafficking in heroin, when he was shot and killed October 14 during a traffic stop by Emerson Police Officer Robert K. Smith in Emerson, Georgia.

Smith, 24, was working traffic enforcement on Interstate 75 when he stopped Brannon at 10.53am for a tag violation on a gold SUV traveling northbound, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman Scott Dutton told the AJC.

As the officer approached the SUV for the first time, everything appears to seem normal in the dash-cam video.

‘Let me go check everything and I’ll be right back with you,’ Smith can be heard telling Brannon in the dash-cam video.

A driver’s license check of Brannon alerted Smith that the Columbus, Georgia resident should be considered armed and dangerous and is an escape risk.

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