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Atlanta Officer Charged with Murder in Lyft Driver's Shooting

Former police officer Koby Minor claims he believed the driver was kidnapping him for a 'gay fraternity.'

  • Koby Minor, an Atlanta police officer, resigned after being charged with murder and aggravated assault.
  • Minor alleged that Lyft driver Reginald Folks was speaking in a foreign language and refused to stop the car.
  • Minor claimed he shot Folks after believing he was being kidnapped to be recruited into a 'gay fraternity.'
  • The incident occurred while Minor was on unpaid leave following a previous drug-related arrest.
  • Folks' family and community remember him as a friendly, social individual and aspiring professional wrestler.
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