South Fulton Police Shooting Kills Man Accused Of Firing At Officers

SOUTH FULTON — A 78-year-old Riverdale man was shot to death by South Fulton Police after being accused of hitting a woman with a gun and shooting at the responding officers Tuesday in the 4400 block of Roosevelt Highway, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday officers were responding around 7 p.m. to a sexual assault call. The woman told police the man shot at her and hit her with a gun, the GBI said.

After learning of the man's possible location, the GBI said officers found him armed with a shotgun in a shed. The man was accused of shooting at the officers, and the officers then shot back, the GBI said.

The man retreated into the shed, and officers later found him dead inside of it with a shotgun, the GBI said. The man was identified by the GBI as Fred Claud Perkins.

Once the GBI's investigation into the shooting is completed, the case file will be given to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for review.

This is the 94th shooting involving an officer the GBI has been requested to investigate this year.