A man who had previously served 16 years on a wrongful conviction was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop.

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A man fatally shot by Georgia police during a traffic stop had previously served 16 years in prison after a wrongful conviction. A Camden County deputy pulled 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure over at about 7:30 a.m. Monday on Interstate 95, according to a statement issued by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The bureau says that Cure got out of his car upon the deputy’s request and otherwise complied until he learned he would be arrested. “After not complying with the deputy’s requests,” the deputy stunned him with a Taser. After that, “Cure assaulted the deputy,” who used a baton and again a Taser on Cure, the bureau said.

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