The Latest: Man shot to death in Atlanta gunfight involving police was from South Carolina

A police officer stands near the scene of an officer-involved shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in downtown Atlanta, that left one person dead after an officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Monday. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (The Associated Press)

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A vehicle is shown at the scene of an officer-involved shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in downtown Atlanta, that left one person dead after an officer attempted to stop the vehicle on Monday. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (The Associated Press)

A police officer stands near the scene of an officer-involved shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in Atlanta, that left one person dead in downtown on Monday. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (The Associated Press)

ATLANTA – The latest on the gun battle involving police in downtown Atlanta that left one man dead (all times local):

10:45 a.m.

Authorities say a man killed in a gunfight with police officers in a busy downtown area of Atlanta was from South Carolina.

Mark Guilbeau, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, identified him as 18-year-old Darius Smith of Greer, South Carolina.

Atlanta police Maj. Adam Lee III says an officer was patrolling downtown shortly before 8 p.m. Monday when a Jeep was spotted driving the wrong way. When the officer attempted to stop the Jeep, it sped up, struck a shuttle bus and then a pole.

The driver and passenger fled. The passenger ran behind a hotel and exchanged gunfire with officers. Witnesses say officers ducked behind cars as gunshots whizzed through the busy area, not far from several high-rise convention hotels.

Lee says Smith was found dead behind a trash bin. Lee says the driver was arrested.