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(CNN)The story of Anthony Stokes was supposed to have a happy ending. Instead it ended Tuesday, police say, with the teen heart transplant recipient carjacking someone, burglarizing a home, shooting at an elderly woman, leading police on a high speed chase and then dying after his car hit a pole.
In 2013, the teen's family told media that an Atlanta hospital rejected him for heart transplant surgery due to what the hospital described in a letter as Stokes' "history of non-compliance."
At the time, Mark Bell was acting as a Stokes family spokesman.
Bell told CNN that a doctor told the family that Anthony's low grades and time in juvenile detention factored into the hospital's decision to deny him a heart.
"The doctor made the decision that he wasn't a good candidate because of that," Bell said then. "I guess he didn't think Anthony was going to be a productive citizen."
About a week after Stokes' story made headlines, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta gave him a heart.
On Tuesday, Stokes carjacked someone at a mall, kicked in the door of a home in Roswell, Georgia, and fired a shot at an elderly woman, who called 911, said Roswell police spokeswoman Lisa Holland.
Stokes drove away in a black SUV, she said. Police spotted the car and ran its plates which showed it had been stolen.
Police chased the vehicle.
Stokes lost control of the car, hit a pedestrian and then a pole, Holland said. The vehicle was nearly halved, she said.
The pedestrian is stable and in good condition, according to CNN affiliate WSB.
Stokes died at a hospital, Holland said.
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Well lots of people still buy into the "hands up/don't shoot" nonsense unfortunately.
On a related note, I wonder when the mike brown fans are going to apologize for perpetuating a false narrative and believing an absurd lie...