Georgia Pastor Shot, Killed During Drug Sting

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Georgia Pastor Shot, Killed During Drug Sting
WSB Atlanta
9-02-2009
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20696049/detail.html

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TOCCOA, Ga. -- A northeast Georgia pastor died Wednesday after being shot by agents from a multi-county drug task force, officials said.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said a passenger in Jonathan Paul Ayers' car was under investigation, but the 28-year-old pastor of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Lavonia was not a target in the probe.

The shooting occurred after Ayers dropped the woman off at a store in downtown Toccoa Wednesday afternoon.

Bankhead said agents approached Ayers for questioning but the pastor tried to avoid them, putting his car in reverse before he struck one of the agents.

"There was two guys that looked like they were trying get him out of the car," said witness Rodney Jones.

"Two agents got out, identified themselves as police with a badge on and asked him to step out of the car. He immediately puts the car in reverse and runs over and strikes one of the agents. He puts it in drive after that happened and drives in a threatening manner to the other agent," said Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley.

An agent shot at the car and Ayers suffered a gunshot wound to the torso. The cause of his death was pending the results of an autopsy.

"They didn't know who he was," Bankhead said. "That's why they wanted to question him. There were witnesses around."

Bankhead said Ayers died about an hour after he had surgery. He said the agent who was hit by Ayers' car was taken to the hospital and was treated for minor injuries.

Bankhead would not reveal the woman's identity, saying she is being questioned by authorities. The woman was charged with cocaine possession and distribution.
 
Smoothest cocaine bust I've seen in years rookie. Nice and easy. No one at the scene will be traumatised knowing a couple grams of cocaine are off the streets. Good work agents.
 
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Ason Unique said:
Yeah its not like he ran over anybody. ^^ Idiots

The incident shouldn't of occured but if he would of not acted like a dumbass he would of been fine.
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Were the cops really wearing badges?
If two dudes in street clothes tried to yank me out of my car I'd probably run them down too thinking they were car jackers.

I dunno why cops think they can run around in street clothes arresting people, they can't keep some uniformed officers with a marked car handy for that?
 
Pastor fatally shot by police in drug sting

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A north Georgia pastor was shot to death by police when he struck an officer with his car after he was seen in a vehicle with a drug suspect, authorities told CNN.


Authorities say they found nothing illegal in Jonathan Ayers' car after he was slain during a drug sting.

Jonathan Ayers, pastor at Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Lavonia, Georgia, died after the incident Tuesday afternoon in the nearby town of Toccoa, Georgia, police said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is looking into the shooting.

An undercover drug task force team had set up an operation at a local business, and had a woman under surveillance -- someone they had bought drugs from on two previous occasions, GBI spokesman John Bankhead told CNN Thursday.

The officers saw the woman in a car with Ayers and saw what they believed was a drug transaction, Bankhead said. They followed the car as Ayers dropped the woman off at a gas station.

The undercover officers wanted to question Ayers about what they had just seen, he said. "They approached the vehicle. They were in plain clothes. They identified themselves as police officers, which civilian witnesses say happened. They also had badges around their necks."

Ayers put the car in reverse and backed up, striking an officer, Bankhead said.

According to Bankhead, Ayers then put the car into drive, and another officer fired into the car, hitting Ayers, because he thought his life was in danger.

"The subject kept going and drove off," Bankhead said. "And later he ran off the road. He was taken a local hospital, went into surgery and died an hour later."

The incident was caught on the gas station's surveillance camera. Watch surveillance video of Ayers' car hitting officer »

Police later determined what they had seen was not a drug transaction, but "other circumstances were involved, and that's part of the investigation," Bankhead said.

The woman who was in the car with Ayers was taken into custody and faces drug charges, Bankhead said.

Stephens County sheriff Randy Shirley has placed both officers involved in the incident on paid administrative leave, he said. The officer that was struck by the car was treated and released at a local hospital.

No drugs and nothing else illegal was found in Ayers' car, Bankhead said, "even though what occurred would make any undercover officer working drugs think that was a possibility. I can't get into that, but that's what we're looking at."

Shirley told CNN the drug task force unit comprises three Georgia counties -- Stephens, Habersham and Rabun.

Ayers' sister did not return a call from CNN Thursday.



Ayers maintained a blog, in which he wrote that he had three loves in life: "Jesus Christ, my wife Abby, and the Church."

Link!

Toccoa is about 95 miles northeast of Atlanta.
 
That was pretty messed up. Looked like it was pretty indiscriminate putting pretty much a whole clip of 9mm rounds @ the driver.

Sent the link to a friend ...police criminal activity at it's best >>I hope the whole dea and all the locals got sued for that!
 
Ason Unique said:
Yeah its not like he ran over anybody. ^^ Idiots

The incident shouldn't of occured but if he would of not acted like a dumbass he would of been fine.
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"Bankhead said Ayers died about an hour after he had surgery. He said the agent who was hit by Ayers' car was taken to the hospital and was treated for minor injuries."
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Sounds more like the guy got bumped than ran over..

'badges showing', right, a medallion on a chain looks a whole lot different than a silver dollar sign or dragon when the guy wearing it is holding a gun and screaming at you to get out of your car =\


Add it to the links on Kop Busters
 
Shit like this happens, can you blame the agents though? someone drives a fucking car at you after running into your partner. If I was them i'd have shot him dead too.

Saying that though if I was in the car i'd probably tried to drive off.
 
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