Florida man released after being wrongfully convicted killed by Camden County deputy

CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. - A man who had been released from a Florida prison after being wrongfully convicted was shot and killed by a deputy during a traffic stop on Monday in Georgia.

According to Georgia Bureau of Investigation, deputies with the Camden County Sheriff's Office stopped 53-year-old Leonard Allan Cure around 7:30 a.m. Monday on Interstate 95 northbound in Camden County. 

Cure was ordered to get out of the car and he complied. However, when he learned he was under arrest, he stopped complying, according to the GBI.

That's when a deputy tasted Cure, who reportedly began assaulting the officer. The deputy used the Taser for the 2nd time and an ASP baton but Cure still did not comply, the report says.

It was at that time that a deputy pulled out his gun and shot Cure.

Cure was treated by EMTs but later died.

This is the 80th officer-involved shooting that the GBI has investigated so far this year. 

Cure was convicted of armed robbery of a drug store in 2003, according to multiple sources. He was sentenced to life in prison because he had previous convictions for robbery and other crimes.

The Broward State Attorney's Office's new Conviction Review Unit asked for Cure to be released in prison in 2020 after they found that Cure had solid alibis that was previously disregarded.

Cure was released in April. 

According to a spokesperson for the sheriff's office, Cure was driving at least 90 miles per hour when the speed limit was 75.