By Sky News US Team
A police officer has shot dead a naked and unarmed African-American man outside a Georgia apartment complex.
The officer responded to reports of a suspicious person knocking on doors on Monday afternoon and crawling on the ground naked, police said.
The caller who alerted police said the man was "acting deranged" outside the suburban Atlanta building, county police chief Cedric Alexander said.
The officer, who was white, encountered the man in the parking lot of the complex.
The man ran at the officer, who backed up and ordered him to stop before shooting him twice when he did not stop, Chief Alexander said.
The victim was identified as 27-year-old Anthony Hill. According to his social media profile and news reports, Mr Hill was an Air Force veteran and had mental problems, possibly including bipolar disorder.
He described himself as an R&B musician and in his social media posts he sometimes discussed mental problems.
Mr Hill's name started trending on Twitter as many users expressed outrage. The shooting came at a time of heightened tensions between communities across America and police, and amid a debate about police use of lethal force.
The police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, sparked days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and since then several deaths at the hand of police have caused anger.
On Friday, an officer in Madison, Wisconsin, fatally shot a 19-year-old, prompting some 2,000 students to march in the state's capital.
The Atlanta officer, who had been with the department for seven years, was equipped with a Taser at the time of the shooting.
Chief Alexander said he could "reasonably assume" the victim was possibly suffering from mental illness.
"We have already, as many departments have begun to do, look at how do we expand our mental health training," he said.
"It appears that we're seeing more and more of these cases across the country in which police are engaging with those who may be in distress."
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