BYRON, Ga. (AP) - Police have released the identities of two Georgia officers who were shot and injured while serving a warrant.
Byron police Lt. Bryan Hunter says 27-year-old Officer James Wynn was shot once in his vest and in his left arm. He underwent surgery and is expected to make a full recovery.
Hunter says 26-year-old Officer William Patterson was also wounded in the left arm. He was treated at a hospital and released.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent J.T. Ricketson says a multi-jurisdiction drug task force went at 2:30 a.m. Monday to a home on state Highway 42. Byron officers knocked on the door three times and announced themselves, but no one answered.
Ricketson says the officers went inside the house and an occupant started shooting at them. The officers returned fire and the suspect was killed.
