A Carroll County Sheriff’s detective is in the hospital after being shot while executing a search warrant.
Channel 2’s Michael Doudna was live outside Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta on WSB tonight at 11pm on Tuesday, where researcher Taylor Bristow is in critical condition.
Channel 2 Action News learn more about Bristow and what led up to the shooting.
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Officials with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office say the warrant was for child sexual exploitation.
Carroll County says they were assisting the GBI when Bristow was shot in the face.
“I don’t believe this was an ambush. I believe this was a situation where things went wrong,” said Ashley Hulsey of CCSO.
It is the seventh time this year that a Georgia police officer has been shot in the line of duty.
The last time was last Saturday, when Paulding County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Cunningham was shot and killed while responding to a report of domestic violence.
That was the fifth death of a Georgia police officer in 2024.
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This time, the victim was a recently married, six-year veteran of the Carrol County Sheriff’s Office who is now receiving life-saving care at Grady Hospital.
Officers and the community gathered to pray for yet another officer shot in the line of duty.
The GBI is still investigating how he was shot.
Carroll County says they are trying to determine if Bristow was struck when the suspect shot himself.
Channel 2 Action News spoke off-camera with the suspect’s neighbors and family.
They said he was a good person and they want more details to come out.
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