AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - Another $10,000 has been added to a reward for information leading to the arrest of man who shot and killed an officer in south Georgia and critically injured another as they responded to a domestic violence call.
The Peach County Sheriff's Office, Byron Police Department and Fort Valley Police Department are contributing the extra money, bringing the total reward to $30,000.
Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said Americus police Officer Nicholas Smarr died Wednesday and Georgia Southwestern State University Officer Jodi Smith was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. Both had been officers since 2012.
Scott says the suspect, 32-year-old Minguell Kennedy Lembrick, was still at large and local, state and federal law enforcement officers were searching for him.
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