White cop, 32, shoots himself in the face and kills unarmed black suspect, 53, with a single bullet during a struggle at Georgia dentist's office
By Jennifer Smith
Daily Mail
December 7, 2018
A white police officer shot himself in the face and killed an unarmed black suspect during a struggle at a Georgia dentist's office on Thursday.
Michael Smith, 32, is in critical condition in the hospital after shooting dead 53-year-old Dimaggio Demetris McNelly at Smile Creators in McDonough, Georgia, on Thursday at 8am.
Staff had called police claiming McNelly was causing a disturbance in the lobby. They said they did not know him and that he did not have an appointment but it remains unclear why he was there.
When Smith arrived, witnesses said McNelly 'lunged' at him.
The 32-year-old cop tried to use his taser but it reached for his gun when it did not work and fired one shot which both killed McNelly and somehow hit him in the face.
Someone in the dentist's office recorded the incident on their cell phone, according to police officers.
The footage they took has not been made public yet.
Smith was taken to the hospital, where he remains, but McNelly, a father-of-two, died.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed on Thursday that McNelly was not armed.
The bureau did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's inquiries on Friday morning, nor did members of the McNelly family.
On Facebook, they shared their grief and disbelief along with local media stories about the shooting.
'I know my uncle didn't even have a gun,' said the man's niece, Shandrise McNelly.
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