Atlanta Area Indie Wrestler Reggie Folks Murdered By Police Officer

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-- Independent wrestler Reginald “Reggie” Folks was shot and killed last week by a former police officer in Union City, GA, according to multiple outlets in the area. Folks was working as a Lyft driver when he gave a ride to Koby Minor, who was with the Atlanta Police Department for six years but on administrative leave after being arrested late last year for a drug related offense.

-- Union City Police stated that Folks picked Minor up through Lyft to bring him home the morning of May 15. At some point during the ride, Minor believed that Folk was in a gay fraternity and was trying to kidnap and recruit him into it. The report goes onto state that Minor "heard what he thought was another voice in his ear talking to him, but did not say what the voice said" and also that he believed Folk was speaking another language to someone on his phone. At that point, he attempted to get out of the vehicle but was unable to do so and when the car came to an intersection, he shot Folks in the head, broke a window and flagged down a bystander, giving her the story above. Minor was arrested, charged with aggravated assault and murder, and resigned from his job the same day. He remains in jail.