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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Another Courthouse Shooting - this time in Lumpkin Co.

Posted: 8/18/2005 12:57:53 PM EDT

www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166122,00.html

Four Injured, Suspect Killed in Courthouse Shooting

Thursday, August 18, 2005

LUMPKIN, Ga. — The police chief, a county deputy and a paramedic were shot in this small town's courthouse square Thursday and the suspected gunman was killed during an ensuing gunbattle, authorities said.

The police chief in a nearby town also was wounded during the pursuit of the suspect.

The most seriously injured was the paramedic, who was shot in the leg after arriving at the scene to help the wounded officers, said John Bankhead, a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (search). The officers' injuries were not considered life-threatening.

Two people were taken into custody, but a third who fired at officers with a semi-automatic pistol was shot and killed by police, Bankhead said.

The gunfire began about 2 a.m. outside the Stewart County (search) Courthouse in Lumpkin, 115 miles southwest of Atlanta, when officers responded to a report of shots fired.

Lumpkin Police Chief Jay Stripling and Stewart County Deputy Clinton Rivers were both shot in the face by a man firing from the courthouse steps, Bankhead said.

The suspect then fled the scene.

A few hours later, after a massive police dragnet, officers confronted three suspects a few blocks from the courthouse. One of the men, identified as Marcus Dwayne Dalton (search), 26, fired at officers with a 9mm pistol, striking Plains Police Chief Henry Brown.

Officers returned fire and killed Dalton, Bankhead said. The other two men with Dalton were taken in for questioning.

During the second shootout, a deputy was struck in his gun belt by a bullet, but was not injured.

The injured paramedic underwent surgery and his condition was not immediately known, said Michelle Slaughter, Stewart County Sheriff's dispatcher.

Posted: 8/18/2005 5:25:27 PM EDT

[#1]

I hate that there were any injuries at all, but am glad that trash is taking a dirt nap.

Posted: 8/21/2005 4:30:43 PM EDT

[#2]

Might want to change the topic title to Lumpkin, GA., instead of "Lumpkin Co.". I live in Dahlonega, and was like "WHAT?!".

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Another Courthouse Shooting - this time in Lumpkin Co.

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