A Warner Robins police officer was injured and an armed suspect was killed in a Friday morning standoff outside a mall in Middle Georgia, the GBI said.
The suspect was identified by the GBI as Michael Dwayne Bell, 37, of Fitzgerald.
It was shortly before 4 a.m. when Centerville police said they encountered Bell in a tractor-trailer outside the Houston County Galleria mall. Law enforcement had been trying to locate Bell regarding a domestic violence incident that had previously occurred in Byron, according to the GBI.
At that point, additional agencies responded to the scene, including Byron and Warner Robins police.
Officers attempted to contact Bell inside the tractor-trailer by stating he was under arrest and knocking on the side of the truck, authorities said.
Bell refused to exit the vehicle, and when officers tried to enter the truck, the GBI said he fired a weapon.
A Warner Robins police officer was then shot and injured.
“Officers subsequently fired into the vehicle and a standoff occurred,” the GBI said.
Around 6:20 a.m., the state agency said officers entered the truck after they no longer received a response from Bell. The GBI said officials found him dead.
The injured officer, who was not publicly identified, was taken to Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center and is expected to survive.
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