UPDATE: Chattooga County Sheriff Mark Schrader identified the suspect as Devon DeShawn Ward, 19, of Atlanta. The shooter was Agent Caine Railey, a Chattooga County deputy assigned to the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force. He is a narcotics investigator.
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ORIGINAL STORY: The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Chattooga County this afternoon.
The sheriff’s office and Summerville police were in a residential area on 7th Street around 12:20 p.m., investigating a robbery from Monday. The suspect in the case “struck” an officer and ran away, Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Kevin Woods said.
According to a release from Sheriff Mark Schrader, the suspect hopped out the window of a home, leading to a chase.