ATHENS, Ga. -- Police were searching for a suspect after a shooting that killed an Athens-Clarke County police officer and injured a second on Tuesday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Oconee County Sheriff's Office told WSB Radio that one officer was killed and a second officer was badly wounded and is being treated at a local hospital.
The officers were shot near an apartment complex on Sycamore Drive in Athens. News Chopper 2 showed officers gathered around a police cruiser with the driver side window shattered and broken glass in the road.
Police said they were searching for the suspect, identified as 33-year-old Jamie Hood. He is considered armed and dangerous.
News Chopper 2 also showed another man in handcuffs and taken into custody. That man was not identified.
A spokesman for the Oconee County Sheriff's Office told WSB Radio that one officer was killed and a second officer was badly wounded and is being treated at a local hospital.
The officers were shot near an apartment complex on Sycamore Drive in Athens. News Chopper 2 showed officers gathered around a police cruiser with the driver side window shattered and broken glass in the road.
Police said they were searching for the suspect, identified as 33-year-old Jamie Hood. He is considered armed and dangerous.
News Chopper 2 also showed another man in handcuffs and taken into custody. That man was not identified.
Prayers for the families.
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