Georgia officer charged after fatally shooting handcuffed teen

Key Points:

• A Georgia police officer, Derrick Harris Jr., has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct after fatally shooting 19-year-old Seth Jayden Eccles, who was handcuffed during an arrest related to a USPS mail carrier robbery investigation near Atlanta.
• The shooting occurred on July 7 in Avondale Estates when Harris allegedly had an accidental discharge while attempting to handcuff Eccles, who was compliant and face down at the time.
• Eccles had been identified as a person of interest in the robbery and was later found to have an active arrest warrant; he ran and hid before being located by Harris.
• Harris planned to turn himself in and be booked into DeKalb County Jail, with the investigation and autopsy still ongoing to determine the official cause and manner of death.
• No officers were injured during the incident, and the case remains under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in coordination with the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office.