A tragic incident has occurred in west Georgia, as a sheriff’s deputy has sadly passed away after being shot while carrying out a search warrant, according to authorities.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has sadly announced the passing of Investigator Taylor Bristow, who succumbed to his injuries sustained in the shooting incident on Tuesday. Bristow was injured by gunfire while carrying out a Georgia Bureau of Investigation warrant in a neighborhood in Carrollton, located approximately 50 miles southwest of Atlanta.
According to ANF, a CBS affiliate in Atlanta, a procession will escort Bristow’s body from Grady Memorial Hospital to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab for an autopsy at 11 a.m. local time.
“Tonight, we mourn the passing of Investigator Bristow, who has left this earth and gained his heavenly wings,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement posted on Facebook. “He served our community with unwavering passion and dedicated his life to protecting the citizens of Carroll County.”