Leonard Allan Cure, a 53-year-old Black man, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Camden County, Georgia, on the morning of October 16, 2023. Cure had been exonerated and released from a Florida prison three years earlier after serving 16 years for an armed robbery he did not commit; he had recently received compensation and was rebuilding his life, reportedly in the process of buying his first home. On the day of the shooting he was returning to the Atlanta area after visiting his mother in South Florida.

According to law enforcement accounts and video footage, a Camden County deputy, Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge, stopped Cure for alleged speeding and reckless driving. Cure initially complied with instructions to exit his pickup but allegedly resisted after being told he was under arrest. The deputy deployed a Taser twice and used a baton during a physical struggle, and the deputy then fired a single fatal shot. Emergency medical technicians treated Cure at the scene, but he died from his injuries. Cure’s family says the deputy’s announcement of an arrest may have triggered fear of wrongful imprisonment.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to examine the officer-involved shooting, and Cure’s family has filed a federal lawsuit alleging excessive force. Does anyone have information about the traffic stop, the confrontation, or Cure’s movements that morning?