In the waning daylight of a December evening, a seemingly routine traffic stop escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of a young police officer. On December 13, 2018, Edgar Isidro Flores, a 24-year-old male officer with the DeKalb County Police Department, was fatally shot in the line of duty just east of Atlanta. The events unfolded at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Candler Road, near Interstate 20.
Officer Flores had initiated a traffic stop, but the situation quickly deteriorated w
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