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Posted on: November 1, 2021 at 16:46:41 CT

ALAMO, Ga. — A Georgia police officer was gunned down outside a police station during his first shift with the department early Saturday, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Officer Dylan Harrison, 26, was fatally shot outside the Alamo Police Department by Damien Anthony Ferguson. Ferguson, 43, remained on the loose Saturday night, despite the launch of a large manhunt.

Officials did not immediately say what prompted the shooting in Wheeler County, about 90 miles southeast of Macon.

"Officer Harrison was a part-time Alamo police officer working his first shift with the department last night," GBI spokesperson Natalie Ammons said during a news conference, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She said Harrison was also a full-time Oconee Drug Task Force agent in nearby Dodge County.

Tributes poured in for Harrison, who lived in Laurens County and is survived by his wife and their 6-month-old son.

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Chicago police have confirmed the identity of an officer killed in the line of duty Saturday night, announcing that 29-year-old Ella French was shot to death in the city’s West Englewood neighborhood during a traffic stop.

French joined the department in April 2018, according to police officials. She is the first Chicago police officer to be killed in the line of duty since officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmalejo were struck and killed by a Metra train while responding to a call of shots fired in Dec. 2018.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled French’s death a homicide after she was shot in the head after initiating a traffic stop on Saturday evening at approximately 9:08 p.m.

When the officers approached the car, one of the vehicle’s occupants opened fire, according to authorities. French’s partner was also shot, and
remains in critical condition at a Chicago hospital.

French was a member of the department's Community Safety Team and had been on the force for nearly four years, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.

One of the suspects in the case, who police believe to be the gunman, was shot and injured during the confrontation, and was taken into custody. Another suspect was also taken into custody at the scene.

A third suspect was located and arrested early Sunday, according to Chicago police.

Charges are still pending, and interviews are still being conducted, according to authorities.

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (WIBW) - The suspect that fatally shot Independence Police Officer Blaize Madrid was out of jail on bond for an arrest earlier in September and had been on parole for a 2011 felony conviction.

According to reports from KCTV5, Cody Harrison, the suspect in the fatal shooting of Independence Police Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans, was out of jail on bond when he shot the officer. He had been facing charges that included burglary and stealing and had recently been arrested by Kansas City Police with a weapon.

The report shows that Harrison was arrested on Sept. 2, for felon in possession of a firearm, but had not yet been charged. At the time of the shooting, he had also violated parole for a 2011 felony conviction for shooting at or from a car and had spent time in state prison.

The Jackson Co. Prosecutor told KCTV5 that she had gotten a probable cause statement on Sept. 9 and that Harrison had not yet been charged for the crime at the time of the deadly shooting.

A felon in possession of a weapon is classified as a Class C Felony and is punishable with between 3 and 10 years in prison.

The Jackson Co. Prosecutor’s Office said despite an earlier report, it had not declined to prosecute or file a case against Harrison, who was out of jail when the officer was shot. In fact, it said it had issued a warrant for Harrison’s arrest on Sept. 13 after he failed to appear for a hearing for alleged crimes committed in February.

This means that the arrest warrant that spurred the anonymous phone call and response to the scene where Madrid-Evans was later shot and killed had come from the Prosecutor’s Office.

“In that case, Harrison was charged with burglary second degree and stealing for a Grain Valley, Mo., crime,” said the Prosecutor’s Office. “At the time we filed that case, our office’s original request was for a bond of $10,000/10 percent, which is within the state Supreme Court’s bond guidelines. The court, however, issued the $6,000/10 percent bond and it was later reduced by the court to a Release on his own recognizance bond.”

Additionally, the Prosecutor’s Office said KCPD submitted a new case on Harrison on Sept. 7 for the Sept. 2 arrest for carrying a firearm which he was not allowed to carry due to his previous felony conviction. The case had been under review for charging in the office.

The Prosecutor’s Office further claims that it had not received the case until days after Harrison had been let go. He was convicted in 2011 in Clay Co. for unlawful use of a weapon and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.