Matthew Dennis Casey

Deadly force

Police stopped Casey and his friend, Richard Collins, on Abercorn Street after the car was suspected of racing, according to police. The men were placed in separate patrol cars as officers searched their Trans Am. But Casey escaped and drove off in the marked patrol car. Police found the missing police cruiser and Casey the next day at the Magnolia Villas apartments. Officers chased Casey into the woods behind the AMF Savannah Lanes, a bowling alley on Tibet Avenue. Knight arrived to find Casey pointing a gun at Patrolman Robert Caulford. Casey had wrestled the gun away from Caulford, along with his baton. He had already pepper-sprayed the officer. Knight shot and killed Casey.