According to Tish Clark, a spokesperson for the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department, the officer was hit in the shoulder and is expected to recover. She described the shooting as an "ambush" and said it occurred around 6 a.m. Monday morning as the lieutenant was heading to work.
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said investigators pieced evidence together including security camera footage and used license plate readers to identify the owner of a vehicle seen fleeing the area.
Friends outside the hospital and two police department sources identified the injured officer as Keona Holley, who is assigned to the Southern District.
A man who authorities say ambushed two Harris County Precinct deputy constables, killing one, critically wounding another, and shooting a third as he responded to the shooting remained at large Monday.
Just a few blocks from the station, the officer realized the glass of his vehicle had shattered and he felt a sharp pain in his head.
According to Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman, the deputy was shot while on his way to work. Sheriff Countryman says someone pulled up beside the deputy and fired multiple shots - one striking the deputy.
During a press conference Monday afternoon, State Police Col. Lamar Davis released more information about the alleged ambush of Master Trooper Adam Gaubert, which added to the mayhem and tragedy of a massive multi-parish manhunt for Matthew Mire, the suspect in that shooting and several others.
Master Trooper Adam Gaubert was ambushed while in his patrol unit, according to a news release from LSP.
Special Agent in Charge Lindsey Wilkes of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the GBI believes Officer Harrison was killed because of an arrest he made earlier during his shift.
Around 3:15 p.m. Sept. 3, an officer was stopped at a traffic light on Pacific Highway South while driving a marked police SUV when a vehicle pulled up alongside the officer, according to Cmdr. Kurt Schwan of Federal Way Police.
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