The Latest: Authorities name suspect in shooting of officers
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The Latest on the shooting of two police officers in south Georgia (all times local):
3 p.m.
Georgia authorities say they are looking for a 32-year-old man who they believe is armed and dangerous in connection with the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another.
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles has identified the suspect as Minguell Kennedy Lembrick.
Miles said an Americus officer and a Georgia Southwestern State University officer were shot while responding to a report of a domestic dispute at an apartment complex near the campus about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday. Miles says Lembrick is still at large.
Miles said the Americus police officer died and the university officer was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. Americus is about 130 miles south of Atlanta.
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The university issued an alert on its website saying the shooting occurred off campus but that the campus was on lockdown.
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2:15 p.m.
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Authorities say one of the police officers shot in Georgia while responding to a domestic dispute has died and another is in critical condition.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles says the Americus officer and a Georgia Southwestern State University officer were shot while responding to a report of a domestic dispute at an apartment complex near the campus about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday. Miles says the shooter is still at large.
Miles said the Americus police officer died and the university officer was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. Americus is about 130 miles south of Atlanta.
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The university issued an alert on its website saying the shooting occurred off campus but that the campus was on lockdown.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that the officers were shot Wednesday, not Tuesday.