29 Dec 2020 in 11:20
A corrections officer was shot and a man was killed after officers got into a shooting with men suspected of trying to smuggle contraband onto the grounds of a state prison in the United States, authorities say.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in news release that the shooting happened Sunday on the perimeter of Washington State Prison near Davisboro, about 195 kilometers southeast of Atlanta.
The state agency said K-9 officers with the Georgia Department of Corrections were responding to a suspected contraband drop. The officers got into a shooting with 26-year-old Marquavious Rashod Parks of Athens, the GBI said in a news release. Parks was found dead in a nearby pond.
Man dead, officer wounded in shooting outside a state prison
December 28, 2020 GMT
DAVISBORO, Ga. (AP) A Georgia corrections officer was shot and a man was killed after officers got into a shooting with men suspected of trying to smuggle contraband onto the grounds of a state prison, authorities say.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in news release that the shooting happened Sunday on the perimeter of Washington State Prison near Davisboro, about 120 miles (195 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta.
The state agency said K-9 officers with the Georgia Department of Corrections were responding to a suspected contraband drop. The officers got into a shooting with 26-year-old Marquavious Rashod Parks of Athens, the GBI said in a news release. Parks was found dead in a nearby pond.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shootout outside a prison in East Georgia that left an officer wounded and led to the death of one of the suspects involved.
The Washington County Sheriff s Office and the Georgia Department of Corrections requested the assistance of the GBI on Monday following Sunday night s shootout on the perimeter of the Washington State Prison in Davisboro. Preliminary information indicates that on Sunday, December 27, 2020, at approximately 10:39 p.m., two men were in Washington County for a contraband drop at the Washington State Prison in Davisboro, GA, read a press release from the GBI.
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