*(CNN) — Leonard Allan Cure, a Florida man who was wrongfully imprisoned, but was exonerated after serving more than 16 years for a crime he did not commit has been shot and killed by a deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, according to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
The GBI said a Camden County deputy made a traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Camden County, Georgia, on Monday at about 7:30 a.m., according to a statement.
No information was provided on the reason that police pulled over Cure, 53, or what led up to the traffic stop.
The GBI didn’t immediately identify the driver, and a news release said the driver of the car got out of the vehicle at the deputy’s request and “complied with the officer’s commands until learning that he was under arrest,” said a GBI news release.
Cure had been exonerated and released from prison in April of 2020 after serving more than 16 years for a 2003 robbery in Broward County, Florida, court documents show.
“After not complying with the deputy’s requests, the deputy tased Cure,” the GBI said. “Cure assaulted the deputy. The deputy used the Taser for a second time and an ASP baton; however, Cure still did not comply. The deputy pulled out his gun and shot Cure.”
“EMTs treated Cure, but he later died,” said the GBI news release.
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