ATLANTA – A now-retired Atlanta police officer indicted for the murder of a man hiding in a closet will appear in federal court on Tuesday morning for a hearing.
Sung Kim was working on an FBI fugitive task force when he shot and killed 21-year-old Jimmy Atchison in 2019 during a raid at a northwest Atlanta apartment complex.
Police said Atchison stole a woman’s purse and cell phone and then ran from officers through the apartment complex. Kim, a longtime Atlanta officer, found Atchison in the closet after a foot chase and shot him.…