ATLANTA - Atlanta police have released the name of the officer involved in a fatal shooting outside a Buckhead bar earlier this month.

What we know:

The department confirmed Officer Gerald Walker was the officer who opened fire during the incident, which happened just before 11:35 p.m. on Oct. 11 outside the 5 Paces Inn on Irby Avenue.

Walker was working an off-duty security job when bar staff called for help with what they described as a disruptive patron.

Investigators said the individual, identified as 44-year-old Atlanta resident Linton Blackwell, attempted to reenter the bar from the back parking lot on Caines Hill Place.

According to investigators, Blackwell walked to a vehicle, retrieved an item and placed it in his waistband before Walker issued commands about a gun and fire

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