The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called to three shootings involving law enforcement officers in a matter of hours late Thursday night and early Friday morning.
The first of those shootings happened in Laurens County in central Georgia just before 10:30 p.m.
Laurens County deputies say they were called to a home on Sudie Pearl Jones Road, but the suspect, 31-year-old Curtis “CJ” Purvis Jr., had left.
While deputies were talking to the victim, Purvis drove up and hit another car and the victim’s father. Before he made contact with the father, the deputy shot the car. Purvis then got out of the car, went into the home and stabbed the victim. When he came back out with the knife, the officer shot him. Purvis was pronounced dead at the scene.
The stabbing victim and his father were taken to the hospital. Their current conditions are unclear.
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Less than an hour later in Brookhaven, police responded to reports of a burglary. By the time they arrived, the suspects and a friend of the homeowner had opened fire on one another, but no one was hurt.