Smith was white, and Deeds is black. “Officer Smith returned gunfire and the individual fled the scene”, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation news release said.
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Officer Smith managed to return fire, but the shooter got away. A man wanted for murder in Ohio, Jesse Hanes, is accused in Chavez’ death.
Another Georgia police officer, Scott Davis, was shot on the morning of August 14 after responding to a vehicle break-in report but is recovering.
Dodge County 911 put out a call at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday for officers to investigate suspicious activity near the intersection of Smith and Main Street in Eastman, Georgia. Smith got out of his patrol auto to investigate and was shot by the individual.
ATLANTA (AP) – A police officer in a small, central Georgia city has been shot and killed by a suspect who remains on the loose, authorities said Sunday.
He’s being held at the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center, about 150 miles southeast of Eastman, Ga., where Patrol Officer Tim Smith was shot dead while responding to a suspicious person call.
Jesse Hanes, accused in the murder of New Mexico police officer Jose Chavez, was wanted in an OH murder.
Deeds’ sister, 22-year-old Franshawn Deeds, was driving the auto and had one passenger, 32-year-old Jamil Marquis Mitchell, in the front seat beside her, the sheriff said.
The Nassau County Sheriff held a news conference on the morning of August 15. He said one his deputies spotted the auto early Monday traveling south on US 1.
Smith had been with the Eastman Police Department since 2011 and was a father of three – two sons and a daughter.
Smith had worked for the police department for five years.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that Tim Smith had three children and would have turned 31 on August 15. He also left behind a fiancee.
Agent Whitley says Smith called in his injuries and wasn’t wearing a body camera.
He was shot when he exited his patrol vehicle, The Daily News said.
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Deeds was booked into the Nassau County Jail at 2 a.m. August 15, said The Daily News.
