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Police Find Stolen Car Tied To Ax Murder Case
POSTED: 5:50 am EDT June 6, 2006
UPDATED: 5:20 pm EDT June 7, 2006
ATLANTA -- Police have recovered a red vehicle they believe may be tied to Monday's murder of 9-year-old Jordin Paulder.
Officials say they believe the car was stolen.
A Fulton County police officer shot and killed a man after a child was killed with an ax on Monday.
Fulton County police spokesman Gary Syblis says authorities were called to the scene where a nine-year-old child was found outside with an ax in his face Monday evening.
Police said the man they killed -- 22-year-old Santos Cabrera of Sandy Springs -- has a criminal record. For most of the day Tuesday, authorities said they were sure Cabrera was the man who struck the child.
Later Tuesday, though, Atlanta Police Lieutenant Dexter White said authorities were unsure and were still investigating.
The boy, Jordin Paulder, was playing with two other children outside an apartment complex when a car pulled up around 8:20 p.m. Monday.
According to a police report, the boy called out to the people in the car to say that something was wrong with one of the vehicle's wheels.
The report says one of the occupants of the car then made an obscene gesture. When the boy tried to tell the people he was just trying to help them, a man got out of the car and struck him in the face with an ax.
While on the scene, an officer approached a man -- Cabrera -- who was acting suspiciously. Cabrera ran across the street to an apartment complex, where he threw a tire at the officer, breaking the officer's arm.
Syblis says Cabrera then came at the officer, swinging a piece of metal.
That's when the officer opened fire, shooting Cabrera three times. He died at a hospital.
Paulder also died after being taken to the hospital.
POSTED: 5:50 am EDT June 6, 2006
UPDATED: 5:20 pm EDT June 7, 2006
ATLANTA -- Police have recovered a red vehicle they believe may be tied to Monday's murder of 9-year-old Jordin Paulder.
Officials say they believe the car was stolen.
A Fulton County police officer shot and killed a man after a child was killed with an ax on Monday.
Fulton County police spokesman Gary Syblis says authorities were called to the scene where a nine-year-old child was found outside with an ax in his face Monday evening.
Police said the man they killed -- 22-year-old Santos Cabrera of Sandy Springs -- has a criminal record. For most of the day Tuesday, authorities said they were sure Cabrera was the man who struck the child.
Later Tuesday, though, Atlanta Police Lieutenant Dexter White said authorities were unsure and were still investigating.
The boy, Jordin Paulder, was playing with two other children outside an apartment complex when a car pulled up around 8:20 p.m. Monday.
According to a police report, the boy called out to the people in the car to say that something was wrong with one of the vehicle's wheels.
The report says one of the occupants of the car then made an obscene gesture. When the boy tried to tell the people he was just trying to help them, a man got out of the car and struck him in the face with an ax.
While on the scene, an officer approached a man -- Cabrera -- who was acting suspiciously. Cabrera ran across the street to an apartment complex, where he threw a tire at the officer, breaking the officer's arm.
Syblis says Cabrera then came at the officer, swinging a piece of metal.
That's when the officer opened fire, shooting Cabrera three times. He died at a hospital.
Paulder also died after being taken to the hospital.