WILKINSON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE, 9:10 p.m.:
According to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Wilkinson County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to help after a man escaped following an officer-involved shooting.
The GBI says at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wilkinson County deputies went to Christopher Thomas Ford’s home to execute an arrest warrant. Ford had active warrants for Terroristic Threats. Ford came out of the shed with a shotgun and pointed it at deputies. One of the deputies fired at Ford, missing him. Ford ran into the woods and has not been located.
No deputies were hurt.
The GBI will conduct an independent investigation.
This is the 111th officer involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.
UPDATE, 8:45 p.m.:
Sheriff Richard Chatman says deputies and SWAT team have ended the search for Christopher Ford for the night.
He says they continued to search nearby buildings and hunting locations, but did not find Ford.
Due to the weather, investigators were unable to continue the search and plan to resume Wednesday morning.
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Wilkinson County deputies are looking for a man who shot at an officer.
That's according to Sheriff Richard Chatman.
He says it happened just before 1 p.m. on the 1900 block of Club Road near Toomsboro.
Chatman says an officer was trying to serve warrants on 55-year-old Christopher Ford, but he ran into some woods nearby.
Now, Ford is wanted for aggravated assault on an officer, aggravated stalking, and violating probation.
They say they're afraid Ford may show up in some nearby residential areas.
Anybody with information can call 911 or the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office.