A Covington police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a domestic call earlier this week was released from the hospital Saturday.
Rashad Rivers, who joined the force in January, had surgery on his jaw Thursday following Tuesday’s shooting at an Alcovy Road motel. His suspected shooter, 23-year-old Treyvorius Stodghill, was shot and killed by another Covington officer after he was seen standing over Rivers with his gun drawn, according to the GBI.
Rivers was the first officer on the scene Tuesday night and confronted Stodghill in a motel room, the state agency said. He was wounded during an initial exchange of gunfire, the first of four officer-involved shootings that took place across the state over a 24-hour period.
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Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Since the shooting, Rivers had been treated at Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was said to be in good spirits. Officials said he was released Saturday afternoon and a procession escorted him to his home in Covington.
“He is home and doing very well considering the circumstances. We are very thankful and grateful that he has progressed so well as things could have been much worse,” police spokesman Lt. Daniel Digby told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We look forward to him healing up and hopefully returning to work when he is able.”
Rivers is the second officer in metro Atlanta to be shot in the line of duty in recent months. In January, a state trooper was wounded in a shooting during a protest at Atlanta’s planned public safety training center that also killed protester Manual Teran. The trooper, whose name was not released, survived after being shot in the abdomen.
No Georgia officers have been killed in the line of duty so far this year, according to the Officers Down Memorial Page that tracks law enforcement deaths.
Credit: John Spink
Credit: John Spink
— Staff writer Rosana Hughes contributed to this article.
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