A Georgia district attorney in a Sunday announcement said murder charges could come as soon as Wednesday for the fired officer who gunned down a Taser-wielding black man.

The Fulton County DA Paul Howard said 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks “did not seem to present any threat to anyone” when he was shot and killed by an Atlanta Police officer Friday. Gunshot wounds to Brooks’ back caused organ failure, which ultimately killed him — Howard called the actions by officers “unreasonable,” Fox News reported.

“There are really three charges that are relevant: One would be the murder charge in the state of Georgia. That charge is a charge that is directly related to an intent to kill,” Howard said, according to Fox. “The second charge is felony murder and that is a charge that involves a death that comes as a result of the commission of an underlying felony. In this case, that underlying felony would be aggravated assault.”

Officer Garrett Rolfe who allegedly fired the shots at Brooks has since been fired, and officer Devin Brosnan who assisted in the struggle has been put on administrative duty, according to Fox.

#Atlanta’s police department has released bodycam footage of the moments leading up to the shooting of #RayshardBrooks, outside a restaurant in the city on Friday night.

#Atlanta's police department has released bodycam footage of the moments leading up to the shooting of #RayshardBrooks, outside a restaurant in the city on Friday night. pic.twitter.com/fFgVVBX3rj

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) June 15, 2020

A struggle ensued between officers and Brooks after he was apprehended for DUI. Brooks was shot dead in a Wendy’s parking lot after he allegedly broke loose, grabbed an officer’s Taser and fired it as he fled the scene.

“As I pursued him, he turned and started firing the Taser at me,” Rolfe told a supervisor after the shooting, according to Fox. “…He definitely did shoot it at me at least once.”

Forty-two people were arrested between Saturday and Sunday after riots broke out in Atlanta, following Brooks’ death. The Wendy’s restaurant where the incident happened was torched by demonstrators, according to AJC.

The Wendys where Atlanta Police shot and killed #RayshardBrooks has been lit on fire by protesters:

#UPDATE Wendy's is officially on fire. @FOX5Atlanta https://t.co/5GyvNd39BR pic.twitter.com/1irEI4rJif

— Alex Whittler (@AlexWhittler) June 14, 2020

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