Deputy shot in face released from hospital

A Spalding County deputy was released from the hospital Tuesday, four days after he was shot in the line of duty.

Deputy Joe Buice, a former Lamar County sheriff, was shot Friday afternoon when he and two other deputies responded to a call for a man attempting to commit suicide, police said.

The gunman, 38-year-old Michael Stringer, allegedly shot Buice in the face. Deputies then shot Stringer, who died at the scene.