An autopsy showed an off-duty Georgia police officer shot a rapper 17 times in the back during a confrontation outside a bar.

The incident occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. Oct. 12 outside Atlanta's 5 Paces Inn. According to Atlanta police , Officer Gerald Walker was working extra duty at the bar when he responded to a call about a "disruptive person."

Walker spotted the man, later identified as 44-year-old Linton "B-Green" Blackwell, trying to re-enter the bar from a back entrance. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Blackwell started walking away from Walker and toward a parking lot. The cop saw Blackwell enter a car "before putting an item in the small of his back." Walker gave Blackwell "commands in reference to a gun" before opening fire, hitting him .

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