B Green was struck 17 times in the back outside a Buckhead bar, according to a Fulton County autopsy report that has reignited public scrutiny over his fatal shooting by an off-duty Atlanta police officer.
The 44-year-old Atlanta rapper was a member of the influential Hip-Hop collective Duct Tape Entertainment, which included Alley Boy, Big Bank Black, Trouble and others.
According to 11Alive, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s report detailed the incident that occurred on October 11, which took place behind the Five Paces Inn.
No bullets entered from the front.
“I just couldn’t believe it was 17 times in the back,” Timothy Coleman, B Green’s longtime manager and friend, told 11Alive. “There’s not one shot in the front.”
Officer Gerald Walker, who was working private security at the bar, fired the fatal shots after what authorities described as a disturbance inside the venue.
William Stanley, a friend who accompanied B Green that night, told investigators that Walker was already at the door wearing an Atlanta Police Department shirt and conducting pat-downs.
“That was my first time being to that bar, but [Green] had to have been there before and had something going on with the officer because when we first walked into the club, the guy was like, ‘OK, we gonna be good tonight? We straight tonight?’ and [Green] was like ‘We good, man,’” Stanley said.
After a confrontation inside, Stanley said B Green walked toward the back of the building. Witnesses said Walker followed him outside.
“When I bent the corner, I saw BG. [He looked] like he was trying to head back into the establishment, but the dude was already shooting him, he had already shot him over five or six times at that point,” Stanley said.
According to the GBI, Walker claimed he saw B Green retrieve something from a vehicle before trying to re-enter the venue through a rear entrance. The officer reportedly gave verbal commands about a weapon before opening fire.
A handgun was recovered at the scene, but officials have not confirmed who it belonged to.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is still reviewing the incident.
