Officer Russell Travis ’Rusty’ Stalnaker, 24, was shot and killed on March 31, 1999, while on patrol on Peachtree Street near Pine Street in Atlanta. Stalnaker and fellow officers stopped to investigate a man they saw pushing a truck; a struggle followed when officers tried to handcuff him and the suspect produced a handgun. A shot struck Officer Stalnaker; other officers wounded the suspect, who nonetheless fled in a nearby patrol car and crashed a block away.

After the crash the suspect attempted to carjack a woman outside a church but was frightened off by her screams, then ran into the church and was overpowered by the pastor during an evening service. Officer Stalnaker had served three years with the Atlanta Police Department and was assigned to Zone 5; he was survived by his wife.

Does anyone have memories of Zone 5 in 1999 or information about that evening that could add detail to what happened?