Police kill a man in a burning Georgia house, finding a woman dead and others trapped

LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — Police in an Atlanta suburb say they shot and killed a man inside a burning house early Thursday, then found a woman dead with burns and rescued two other women and a child who were inside a bedroom.

Officers responded around 3:40 a.m. to a report of a house fire with people trapped inside, Locust Grove Police Chief Derrick Austin said. They broke through the back door and found Stefan Lee, 29, wielding a large knife. Lee refused commands to drop the knife, police said, before officers fired a Taser and a bean bag shotgun, which were both ineffective.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Lee then rushed at officers with the knife and officers shot Lee. He died before he could be taken to a hospital.

Firefighters who were putting out the fire in an upstairs bedroo