Avery Richard, 31

Atlanta, Georgia
April 28, 2017

Agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI | Georgia Bureau of Investigation GBI | Banks County Sheriff's Office Georgia

Cause of death: Shooting


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Last updated: almost 4 years ago

Overview

Avery Richard had been on the run for two days before he was shot and killed Friday afternoon by FBI agents executing a search warrant. 

Officials had planned to serve the warrant at a home, but want wound up at a shopping center at the intersection of Hamilton E. Holmes Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where Richard shot the agent, FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett said at a press conference.