APPLING COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Appling County that left a Savannah man wounded, authorities said.
GBI officials said Terrick Barice Griggs, 37, of Savannah, was shot and injured. No troopers or deputies were hurt.
What led up to the shooting
Preliminary information indicates that on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, a Hazlehurst Police Department officer and a Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to stop a car on U.S. Highway 341.
The car was reportedly connected to a kidnapping in Hinesville. The driver, later identified as Griggs, refused to stop, and the HPD officer and JDCSO deputy began pursuing Griggs eastbound on Highway 341…