The way police officers in the US are being picked off reminds me of farm murders in #SouthAfrica: there’s a method to the murders and nobody wants to talk about them. RIP #ChaseMaddox
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A Georgia police officer was killed Friday and two sheriff’s deputies were injured while serving an arrest warrant, police said. The slain officer was Chase Maddox, 26, Locust Grove Mayor Robert Price said, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. after two Henry County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at a residence in Locust Grove, about 40 miles southeast of Atlanta, Sheriff Keith McBrayer said during a news conference.
Locust Grove Officer Chase Maddox, 26, was killed during the incident, according to Mayor Robert Price. (Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council)
“It all happened inside the residence,” McBrayer said. “They talked with the individual and after about 10 minutes of talking with him realized they were going to be making an arrest, and they were going to have issues placing him in custody,” McBrayer said.
The deputies called for backup, at which point the Locust Grove officer arrived at the scene and an altercation occurred. The shooting began as officers attempted to arrest the male suspect, McBrayer said, but he wouldn’t say who fired the first shot or how the situation unfolded.
by Elizabeth Zwirz