Deputy shot, suspect killed
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Two people were shot in the area of a residence at 2388 E. McIntosh Road at about 4:15 p.m. Friday, including a Spalding County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
According to Capt. Tony Ranieri, who heads the Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Division, deputies responded to a suicide threat at the residence.
When deputies arrived at the scene, the suspect, who was alone in the house at the time of the incident, opened fire. He shot deputy Joe Buice in the face.
Law enforcement officers returned fire and killed the suspect, Ranieri said.
Medical helicopters transported the injured deputy to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Buice was undergoing surgery late Friday night.
Authorities originally believed that the gunman had also shot a male motorist in the head before the gunman was killed by deputies.
However, Ranieri said late Friday night that the male motorist had not been shot.
The male motorist suffered eye injuries after being hit in the face with glass when his vehicle was shot at by the suspect, he said.
The male motorist was also taken to Grady Memorial Hospital by medical helicopter and was treated and released.
Authorities did not release the name of the suspect or male motorist Friday night.
The gunman also shot a vehicle being driven by a female motorist. She was not injured.
Members of the Griffin Police Department and the Spalding County Fire Department were also at the scene, as were ambulances from Spalding Regional Medical Center Emergency Medical Services.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, said Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart.
Buice is a former sheriff of Lamar County and has been with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office for about a year, Ranieri said.
According to Capt. Tony Ranieri, who heads the Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Division, deputies responded to a suicide threat at the residence.
When deputies arrived at the scene, the suspect, who was alone in the house at the time of the incident, opened fire. He shot deputy Joe Buice in the face.
Law enforcement officers returned fire and killed the suspect, Ranieri said.
Medical helicopters transported the injured deputy to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Buice was undergoing surgery late Friday night.
Authorities originally believed that the gunman had also shot a male motorist in the head before the gunman was killed by deputies.
However, Ranieri said late Friday night that the male motorist had not been shot.
The male motorist suffered eye injuries after being hit in the face with glass when his vehicle was shot at by the suspect, he said.
The male motorist was also taken to Grady Memorial Hospital by medical helicopter and was treated and released.
Authorities did not release the name of the suspect or male motorist Friday night.
The gunman also shot a vehicle being driven by a female motorist. She was not injured.
Members of the Griffin Police Department and the Spalding County Fire Department were also at the scene, as were ambulances from Spalding Regional Medical Center Emergency Medical Services.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, said Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart.
Buice is a former sheriff of Lamar County and has been with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office for about a year, Ranieri said.
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« djoksonyoo2 wrote on Sunday, Jan 31 at 06:24 PM »
I really wish Joe Buice a speedy recovery. This was a horrible act and noone deserves this type of treatment. Good luck to you, Joe. You will be in my prayers. The Spalding County Sheriff's office is great and Dee, you are doing a good job also.