Heavily armed law enforcement officers storm a home in Frog Hollow subdivision on Winterville Road after 2 Athens-Clarke County police officers were shot, one dead, in Athens, Ga., on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)ATHENS, Ga. – Authorities in a north Georgia college town were searching early Wednesday for a suspect in a shooting that left one Athens police officer dead and another wounded.
It began just before 1 p.m. Tuesday when Senior Police Officer Tony Howard stopped a Chevrolet Suburban. The passenger got out of the SUV and shot and wounded Howard, police said.
The driver of the Suburban was taken into custody, but the passenger ran from the vehicle and encountered another senior officer, Elmer “Buddy” Christian, according to authorities. He shot and killed Christian in his patrol car, police said in a statement.
The suspect has been identified as 33-year-old Jamie Hood.
The slain officer leaves a wife, a son and a daughter.