Activist killed at "Cop City" site was shot 13 times by police, private autopsy shows

Police shot Manuel Esteban Paez Teran  — an environmeantal activist protesting the building of a training facility near Atlanta dubbed "Cop City"  — at least 13 times, according to the results of a private autopsy shared by the activist's family lawyers on Friday. 

Police officials have said Teran, who was known as "Tortuguita," was killed on Jan. 18 after the activist shot and wounded a state trooper during an operation to clear protesters near the training facility in Atlanta's forested outskirts. 

"Manny was a kind person who helped anyone who needed it. He was a pacifist. They say he shot a police officer. I do not believe it," said his mother, Belkis Teran, in a press release. "I do not understand why they will not even privately explain to us what happened to our child."