This happened about 5 miles from where I live. Early reports say this was a warrant service.

CBS46

2 Henry County deputies, 1 Locust Grove PD officer shot in Locust Grove
Posted: Feb 09, 2018 12:20 PM EST Updated: Feb 09, 2018 1:50 PM EST

By WGCL Digital Team

LOCUST GROVE, GA (CBS46) -
Authorities are investigating after three law enforcement officers were shot on Friday afternoon.

According to officials, one Locust Grove PD officer and two Henry County deputies were shot in a neighborhood just off of LG Griffin Road in Locust Grove, near St. Augustine Parkway.

At least one officer was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center.

The Henry County Police Dept. is assisting the Locust Grove Police Dept. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been notified and is en route to the scene.

We have a crew on the way and will update as more information is made available.

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Sad sad news.

The Locust Grove PD Officer has died, one deputy is critical and the other in fair condition.

Damn

Yeah, we had a Richardson officer killed in the line of duty the other night. And last night, a perp tried to run over a Ft Worth officer after a routine traffic stop. Dangerous job out there.

More really bad news!

Anyone have any idea about the motivations of the shooters in all these incidents?

Gang/drug related or just a bunch of assholes trying to show their main squeeze just how tough they are.

I hate to suggest it, for fear it would be overused, but maybe the shooters should get the patented "Bonnie-and-Clyde" colander treatment every once in a while. Maybe other would-be shooters would decide to just accept the warrant and let everyone go home alive that day.

Once the car looks like a cheese grater, you can leave it on blocks in front of the station house, as kind of a hint.

sad news and I will add this,that area has attracted some not to good people the last few years.

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Originally posted by whanson_wi:
I hate to suggest it, for fear it would be overused, but maybe the shooters should get the patented "Bonnie-and-Clyde" colander treatment every once in a while. Maybe other would-be shooters would decide to just accept the warrant and let everyone go home alive that day.

Once the car looks like a cheese grater, you can leave it on blocks in front of the station house, as kind of a hint.

I was talking to some of the old timers here and they tell me that's how they did things back in the day.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the officers' families.

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
sad news and I will add this,that area has attracted some not to good people the last few years.

Quite right. It was a small and sleepy town when we moved here many years ago. The bad elements from Clayco and ATL have made their way south.

RIP Officer Chase Maddox, age 26, 5 years on the force. He leaves behind a pregnant wife and a toddler son.

Any info on the shooter? (other than he was killed)

RIP, brother.
13 LODDs for 2018-9 by gunfire.

RIP

AJC

Officer, 26, killed in Henry County shooting; suspect identified

Lauren Foreman and
Raisa Habersham
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Updated9:14 p.m Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 Filed in Crime


Locust Grove police officer Chase Maddox, 26, was shot and killed and Henry County sheriff’s deputies Michael D. Corley and Ralph Sidwell “Sid” Callaway were wounded while serving an arrest warrant to Tierre Guthrie on Friday at a home on St. Francis Court, authorities said.

Guthrie was shot and killed.

The arrest warrant was for failure to appear on a traffic violation, the GBI confirmed.

The GBI is investigating the shooting, which occurred at the Hawthorne at Linden Park subdivision in Locust Grove.

After talking with Guthrie for about 10 minutes, deputies realized they would be making an arrest and would have difficulty placing him in custody, Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer said.

He did not specify what Guthrie did that made deputies decide to arrest him instead of just serving the warrant.

“They notified radio and a Locust Grove city police officer came to be a backup for them,” he said. “(Maddox) was there three minutes after that.”

As they tried to make an arrest, there was an altercation inside the home, McBrayer said. That’s when the officers and Guthrie were shot. He did not specify who shot whom and how many shots were fired.

Stay with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for live updates.

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An unfortunate, if not totally unexpected twist is that cries of racism have come from the subject's family on social media already. The subject was a black male and the three officers were white.

The widow of the slain officer also went into labor today. Turns out she works for the same company I do here in ATL.

Terrible news, sad for the families. Prayers for the officers and families.