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Georgia police officer shot dead in patrol car; suspect dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
A Georgia police officer was shot and killed in his patrol vehicle, and the suspected gunman later died after being found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a traffic stop in South Carolina, according to authorities.
The shooting happened at about 11:57 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of the Meriwether Country Inn on Spring Street in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Officer Chris Fisher, 36, had just completed a traffic stop and was sitting in his patrol car when a black Chevrolet Silverado pulled alongside him, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
The driver, identified as 23-year-old Jimmy Lee Steverson of Warm Springs, fired multiple shots into Fisher’s patrol vehicle, striking the officer, according to the GBI. Fisher was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities located Steverson at about 11:39 a.m. Wednesday during a traffic stop in Anderson, South Carolina, where he was a passenger in another vehicle. Deputies found him with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and he was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Officer Fisher had served with the Warm Springs Police Department for three months and previously worked for the Meriwether County, Fayette County and Heard County sheriff’s offices, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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