A suspect who tried to flee police on an all-terrain vehicle before getting into a fight with an officer was shot and killed in Wheeler County on Thursday, the GBI said.
Around 1:15 p.m., deputies and officers with the Oconee Drug Task Force tried to serve a warrant to the person in the 100 block of Dry Branch Road in Glenwood, the GBI said in a news release.
The suspect allegedly drove away on a four-wheeler into the woods, leading officers on a brief chase. The person then got into a “physical altercation” with an officer before being shot and killed, the release said.
The officer suffered minor injuries, the release said.
No names have been released.
Media Advisory: Officer Involved Shooting Investigation in Wheeler County https://t.co/JzfItAy9Bh pic.twitter.com/JpAHNiPp9x
— GA Bureau of Invest (@GBI_GA) May 2, 2019
This is the 31st officer-involved shooting investigation the agency has opened in 2019. The last was opened after a man was involved in a shootout with an officer in DeKalb County on Saturday.
MORE: Man shot by DeKalb officers after firing at them, police say
Glenwood is about 80 miles southeast of Macon and about 100 miles west of Savannah.
Officer-involved shootings in 2019
The shooting is the 31st of 2019, according to the GBI, which investigates most officer involved shootings. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also tracks officer-involved shootings that don't involve the GBI, and those numbers sometimes differ from the GBI's tally.
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