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On March 4, 2015, Fulton County Police Detective Terence Avery Green, 48, was shot and killed while responding to reports of shots fired in the Parks of Cedar Grove subdivision in Fairburn, Georgia. Officers had been sent to investigate reports that a man, later identified as Amanuel Menghesha, was going from house to house, banging on doors and discharging a long gun. During a search in dark, foggy conditions, Menghesha opened fire in what was described as an ambush; Green was struck in the back of the head and later died at Grady Memorial Hospital shortly after 4:30 a.m. A second officer was hit but not injured after a bullet struck his duty belt.

Menghesha was wounded when officers returned fire and taken into custody. He had prior run-ins with police, including arrests for domestic violence and, months earlier, an alleged assault on his daughter and threats against his fiancée; he was reportedly due in court on those charges days after the shooting. Authorities said the weapon used was an AK-47 style rifle.

Detective Green, a 22-year law enforcement veteran, was a father of four adult sons and was engaged to be married. Does anyone in the area remember the early-morning activity in that subdivision or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?