A police officer has been shot and killed in Eastman, Georgia, authorities say.
Special agent Scott Whitley of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations told The Associated Press that Eastman Patrol Officer Tim Smith was fatally shot on Saturday night in a residential area of the city located 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 available.
He says an unidentified suspect is being sought and an investigation is ongoing.
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Smith was not wearing a body camera.
