Sheriff: Deputy fatally shot ex-jailer in Georgia
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A Georgia sheriff says a deputy has shot and killed a former jailer.
Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix tells WSB-TV that deputies went to a residence Wednesday night where a man acting suicidal threatened a deputy with a gun. Dix says the man was a county detention officer years ago, before working with the county correctional institution.
Dix says several people inside the house during the shooting were not harmed and are now with family.
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Deputies had gone to the rear of the home when the man came out of a door. Dix said the man pointed his gun at the deputy and the deputy fired.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called after Dix asked for a probe.
Authorities did not release names of the deputy or slain man.
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Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html