ATLANTA - A Buckhead family is speaking out for the first time after 44-year-old Linton Blackwell was shot and killed by an off-duty Atlanta police officer outside the Five Paces Inn bar earlier this month.

What we know:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. on October 12.

Investigators say the officer was working an extra job nearby when he heard an argument between Blackwell and another person.

"An officer… responded to security, requesting a disruptive patron. He responded to the location and encountered the patron in the back parking lot and was trying to get to the establishment," said Lt. Michael Young, Atlanta Police Department.

Police reports say Blackwell went to his car, returned with a gun, and the officer yelled commands before

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