Three Georgia law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty during the first six weeks of 2024.
Late Tuesday, a Crawford County sheriff’s deputy died after being involved in a two-vehicle wreck while on duty, investigators said. Timothy Tavarus Rivers, 40, was responding to assist another officer around 10 p.m. when his patrol vehicle crossed into the opposite travel lane on Marshall Mill Road, about 20 miles southwest of Macon, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
Others killed this year include:
Credit: Coweta County Sheriff’s Office
Jan. 4: Deputy Eric Minix with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office died after being hit by an Alabama police officer’s patrol car as he stepped out of his own vehicle at the end of a chase, according to investigators. The deputy had been involved in a pursuit of a stolen vehicle on I-85 that extended into Chambers County, Alabama.
Minix, 31, is survived by a wife and three children.
“Eric loved his family, his kids and his job,” his father, Mark Minnix, told those gathered at Crossroads Church in Sharpsburg for his funeral. “I never heard him once complain about having to get up and go to work.”