Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy has been shot and wounded in west Georgia and is in “very critical” condition at a hospital. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy was shot Tuesday morning while serving a warrant in Carrollton. A sheriff's spokeswoman says he was shot in the face, and the suspected shooter is dead.
CARROLLTON , Ga. — A sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition after being shot Tuesday morning in west Georgia , authorities said.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy was shot while serving a Georgia Bureau of Investigation warrant in a neighborhood in Carrollton. The deputy was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and was in “very critical condition,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Ashley Hulsey toldThe suspected shooter is dead, Hulsey said. Further details about the gunfire would have to come from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, she said.“Please pray for the Deputy, his family, and our department,” the sheriff’s department said in a brief statement.
In a statement, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said “Marty, the girls, and I are praying for this Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy, along with his family and the entire law enforcement community.” “Yet again, we have been tragically reminded of the dangers men and women in uniform face on a daily basis for the public’s safety,” the governor said.
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