A man fatally shot one Georgia police officer and wounded a second before fleeing an apartment complex near a college campus that went on lockdown as a precaution, authorities said. They said the suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous.
The shooting took place when the two officers were responding to a domestic dispute in Americus, about 130 miles south of Atlanta, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles. An Americus police officer, Nicholas Smarr, died and a Georgia Southwestern State University officer, Jodi Smith, was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition, she said.
The suspect, 32-year-old Minguell Kennedy Lembrick, was still at large, and local, state and federal law enforcement officers were searching for him, Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said.
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