8月11日，26岁的Marquavious Sims在一次对峙中被雅典-克拉克县警察开枪打死。 26-year-old Marquavious Sims was fatally shot by Athens-Clarke County police during a confrontation on 11 August.

8月11日，26岁的Marquavious Sims在与雅典-克拉克县警察的对峙中被枪杀。 26-year-old Marquavious Sims was fatally shot during a confrontation with Athens-Clarke County police officers on 11 August. 军官们对关于一名男子在列克星敦路和盖恩斯学校路附近持机关枪的报告作出了回应,随后发生了枪战。 Officers responded to a report of a man with a machine gun near Lexington Road and Gaines School Road, and a shootout ensued. Sims多次遭到袭击,后来在当地一家医院死亡。 Sims was struck multiple times and later died at a local hospital. 格鲁吉亚调查局正在调查这一事件,涉案官员被安排休行政假。 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, and the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave.