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Robert Olsen, the DeKalb County police officer indicted for murder last night in the March 2015 shooting of unarmed veteran Anthony Hill, turned himself in early Friday morning.
DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James presented his case to a grand jury Thursday seeking criminal charges against veteran DeKalb County police Officer Robert Olsen.
Robert Olsen shot and killed Anthony Hill, 27, in March claiming that Hill made an aggressive lunge toward him after responding to a call that a man was running around an apartment complex naked.
The Air Force veteran’s friends and family camped outside the DeKalb County Courthouse all week.
They told Channel 2’s Matt Belanger they are pleased with the decision.
Supporters called the decision “historic.”
Robert Olsen will be the first Georgia officer in six years to stand trial for a shooting death while on the job.
Supporters gathered outside of the courthouse started singing after they learned police Olsen was charged with murder Thursday night.
“It’s time he pays for the murder of Anthony Hill,” said Dawn O’Neal with Rise Up Atlanta.
“The grand jury returned a true bill as to every count of this indictment,” James said a news conference Thursday night.
James said members of a grand jury indicted the veteran DeKalb County police officer on all six counts — including felony murder, aggravated assault, making a false statement and violating an oath of office.
“And I expect he will be taken into custody shortly,” James said.
Family members said Hill suffered from mental illness.
After the announcement, Hill’s family and their attorney expressed gratitude to supporters.
“I say thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I thank them,” said Hill’s mother Carolyn Giummo.
“This is a day in history, a moment in history all of you played a part in it, and we thank you on behalf of the family,” attorney Christopher Chestnut told supporters outside the courthouse.
A Superior Court judge signed a warrant for Olsen’s arrest Thursday evening.
“There certainly has been a pattern of these types of killings and this I think will set history,” Chestnut said.
“This has been a long and challenging process for everyone involved. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Anthony Hill’s family and also to Officer Olsen and his family. We must now allow the criminal justice system to run its course,” DeKalb Police Chief James Conroy said in a statement.
Agencies/Canadajournal
Lock up this uniformed piece of trash right where he should be. Pure garbage hiding behind a uniform, badge and gun. Big Black “Bubba” is waiting for this sissy to be his cellmate over at the State Prison.