GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Law officers charged one man with murder and arrested three other suspects after a Georgia sheriff’s deputy was gunned down in a Sunday night shootout northeast of Atlanta.
Hall County Deputy Nicolas Dixon, 28, was killed exchanging gunfire with people who crashed a stolen car Sunday night in Gainesville, Sheriff Gerald Couch said at a Monday news conference.
“He was out there in the darkness while most of us slept comfortably – and bravely doing things that he could. It was his job and he loved doing that,” Couch said.
“He was always one to rush to the trouble and try to help people,” he added.
Hector Garcia Solis, 19, faces a charge of felony murder, as he is believed to be the shooter, the sheriff said. Garcia Solis was wounded in the torso and head, and was in critical condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, authorities said Monday.