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Investigator Taylor Bristow's police vehicle has been set up as a memorial outside the headquarters of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.
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Investigator Taylor Bristow of the Carroll County (Georgia) Sheriff's Office died Saturday. He was shot in the head last Tuesday.
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A Carroll County, Georgia, Sheriff’s deputy who was shot last Tuesday during a warrant operation died in the hospital Saturday.
Investigator Taylor Bristow, 30, was shot in the head during the operation, Atlanta News First reports.
“Tonight, we mourn the passing of Investigator Bristow, who has left this earth and gained his heavenly wings. He served our community with unwavering passion and dedicated his life to protecting the citizens of Carroll County,” the sheriff's office said on Facebook . “We are deeply saddened and at a loss for words. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers, and kindly respect their privacy as they grieve this profound loss.”
On Tuesday morning, deputies went to a home in Carrollton to execute a search warrant for child exploitation material. The suspect, 40-year-old Christopher Bly, went back into the house after answering the door, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
“Bly produced a handgun and fired, striking himself and (Bristow),” the GBI said. Bly died at the scene.
Bristow was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital and underwent surgery, after which he was in critical condition.
Multiple devices with child sexual abuse material were later seized at the home, according to the GBI.
Bristow had been with the sheriff’s office for six years.
He is survived by In addition to his parents his wife, Melissa Harkins Bristow; and children, Noah and Bella Brock.
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