Georgia officer is fatally shot, and the suspect is still on the loose

Reporting from EASTMAN, Ga.  —  Authorities say a police officer in a small, central Georgia city has been shot and killed by a suspect who remains on the loose.

Special agent Scott Whitley of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations tells The Associated Press that Eastman Patrol Officer Tim Smith was fatally shot about 9:30 p.m. Saturday in a residential area of the city, located about 60 miles southeast of Macon.

Whitley says Smith was responding to a suspicious person call when he encountered the suspect, exited his patrol car and was shot. The suspect fled the scene.

Whitley says Smith was in his early 30s but no further information about him was immediately available. He says a suspect is being sought and an investigation is ongoing.

Smith was not wearing a body camera.

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