About 3:30 p.m., officers were sent to a home. Someone had called 911 in distress but hung up. Police used the coordinates from the call to locate the home. When police arrived, John Dixon came out of the home with a gun, and police shot and killed him when he failed to drop it.
Victim's Name: John Daniel Dixon
Agency Responsible: DeKalb County Police Department
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Race: White
Date of Death: February 20, 2020
County: DeKalb
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Official Disposition: Pending investigation/No Known Charges
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Allegedly Armed
Weapon: gun
Threat Level: other
Fleeing: Not fleeing
Body Camera: No
Washington Post Database ID: 5557