FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Jury selection is underway in Fulton County in the trial of a man accused of killing a Fulton County deputy in 2022.

What we know:

Prosecutors say Alton Oliver, who was 26 at the time, shot 24-year-old Deputy James Thomas Jr., while Thomas was sitting in his personal car on Bolton Road in northwest Atlanta.

Investigators believe the two men were involved in a fight related to a collision just before the shooting. They do not believe the two men knew each other prior to the deadly encounter.

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Oliver did not have a criminal history outside a few traffic infractions at the time of the shooting.

The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. Dec. 29.

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat called Tho

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