Georgia deputy killed, search on for suspects considered ‘armed and dangerous’
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Georgia cops Monday were hunting down two "armed and dangerous" accomplices involved in the shooting death of a sheriff's deputy Sunday night.
Hall County Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Dixon, 28, was trying to stop a stolen vehicle — believed to be connected to "a series of property crimes," including the theft of firearms — around 11 p.m. when he was fatally shot, Sheriff Gerald Couch told reporters on Monday.
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Nicholas Dixon, 28, was killed in the line of duty in Hall County, Ga., on Sunday night. (Hall County Sheriff's Office)
Dixon and the alleged gunman were both struck in a shootout, the sheriff said. Dixon died of his injuries.
One person of interest was taken into custody in connection with the shooting around 7 a.m. on Monday, and investigators are working to find the remaining two suspects.
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"There are simply no words to express the profound grief that his loss brings each of us. He was out there in the darkness, while most of us slept — comfortably — and bravely doing things that he could," Couch said. "That was his job. He loved doing that, and he loved serving."
Dixon was a three-year veteran of the sheriff's office and left behind a wife and two sons.