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Royheem Deeds is within custody, sheriff's workplace says
He will be suspected in the shooting death associated with Eastman, Georgia, officer
(CNN)The man suspected inside the shooting death of a central Georgia officer may be arrested, according for the Telfair County Sheriff's Office.
Royheem Deeds, 24, had been considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
About 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Officer Tim Smith responded to a Dodge County 911 call reporting any suspicious person in an intersection in Eastman, any town of 5,000 about an hour's drive southeast involving Macon.
"Officer Smith arrived inside the area along with encountered an individual. Officer Smith exited his patrol automobile to analyze along with was shot from the individual. Officer Smith returned gunfire and additionally the individual fled the scene," the Georgia Bureau regarding Investigation statement said.
Smith have been using the Eastman police for a lot much more than five years, the particular GBI said.
Royheem Deeds may be arrested throughout Officer Tim Smith's death.
Royheem Deeds has been arrested in Officer Tim Smith's death.
He leaves behind a pair of sons, a new daughter along using a stepson, his fiancée Chelsea Clark advised CNN. Smith might have turned 31 about Monday, the lady said.
They had been a new couple for just two years.
"We were engaged. We had been trying to jump on our feet before getting married," the lady said, explaining in which Smith often hugged your ex and his awesome kids and also reported he loved them every day prior to work.
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Police departments through across the nation popularized social media to reveal with you their own condolences using Eastman police as well as Smith's family.
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Port Authority PD
@PGHTransitPD
Police Officer Tim Smith
via Your Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Always remember: Officer Tim Smith, Eastman Police Department, Georgia t.co/U3p1BNAgGA t.co/rzVO7os72D
14 Aug
Jones County Sheriff
@jonessheriff
Our thoughts and also prayers are usually with most the Eastman Police Department and additionally the family members of Officer Tim Smith who was... t.co/bfQ8p1Pn9M
14 Aug
Warner Robins Police
@WarnerRobinsPD
Our thoughts and prayers are generally with Ofc Tim Smith's family and the entire Eastman PD during this difficult period t.co/bk1BqG0RjQ
14 Aug
Norton Chief
@NortonKSPolice
Officer.com about Twitter
via Twitter
Police Officer killed about suspicious individual contact within Eastman GA, pop. 5500. Each and Every contact is the unknown. RIP Tim Smith t.co/DZWzuxzxa5
14 Aug
Albuquerque Police
@ABQPOLICE
Ga. officer shot for you to death
via PoliceOne
We are saddened to listen Police officer shot dead, Police officer killed, Police fatal shooting, Man grabs gun police officer to Eastman,GA Officer Tim Smith had been shot to death whilst protecting his neighborhood last night. t.co/VE7wyeBAYc
14 Aug
Woodstock Police, GA
@WoodstockPD
Our thoughts & prayers are usually using the Town of Eastman http://ktla.com/2016/05/06/florida-man-shoots-kills-brother-over-cheeseburger-police/ PD, their own officers & his or her families. t.co/5Fecsqjl13
14 Aug
Brotherhood
@BFTFChicago
Chicago daily Information upon Twitter
via Twitter
Prayers venturing out for the Smith family and additionally the Eastman Police department. Our deepest condolences ðð»ððð» t.co/w3FUqemunU
14 Aug
Tybee Island Police
@Tybee_PD
Another officer down last night, this 1 too close to home. Our thoughts and prayers venture out for the Eastman,... t.co/5qxYmQmzCu
14 Aug
NYPD special Ops
@NYPDSpecialops
#RIP Thoughts & prayers for the buddies & family members regarding Eastman Officer Tim Smith- Shot & killed LOD EOW 8/13/16 t.co/eO8tnsGk0q
14 Aug
El Cajon Police
@elcajonpolice
Police Officer Tim Smith
via Your Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Our thoughts along with prayers venture out towards the Smith family members as well as the #Eastman Police Department. t.co/xBkXacVbcG
14 Aug
BPPA
@BPPA1
Cop fatally shot in Georgia; suspect about the loose
via Cbsnews
Our thoughts along with prayers are generally with Officer Tim Smith, his family & coworkers Eastman t.co/ZktIVTmgt5 t.co/Moe4I3QCTj
14 Aug
Port Authority PD
@PGHTransitPD
Police Officer Tim Smith
via the Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Always remember: Officer Tim Smith, Eastman Police Department, Georgia t.co/U3p1BNAgGA t.co/rzVO7os72D
14 Aug
Jones County Sheriff
@jonessheriff
Our thoughts as well as prayers are generally using the Eastman Police Department and also the family of Officer Tim Smith that was... t.co/bfQ8p1Pn9M
14 Aug
Warner Robins Police
@WarnerRobinsPD
Our thoughts and also prayers tend to be with Ofc Tim Smith's family and additionally the entire Eastman PD during this tough occasion t.co/bk1BqG0RjQ
14 Aug
Norton Chief
@NortonKSPolice
Officer.com in Twitter
via Twitter
Police Officer killed in suspicious individual contact inside Eastman GA, pop. 5500. Each And Also Every contact is the unknown. RIP Tim Smith t.co/DZWzuxzxa5
14 Aug
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Officers attacked in New York, suburban Atlanta
Another Georgia officer had been shot Sunday morning in Marietta, northwest regarding Atlanta. Officer Scott Davis, the 10-year veteran, ended up being addressing the report of the auto break-in when certainly one of 2 suspects opened fire, striking Davis inside the leg, police said.
Officers returned fire along with wounded certainly one of the particular suspects. both your wounded officer and also suspect are anticipated to survive, Marietta police said. Davis underwent surgery as well as was recovering.
Both juvenile suspects are in custody.
It's been any violent weekend for police in the United States. in the separate incident, a person stabbed the police officer Saturday inside Extended Island, New York, authorities said.
When police responded to a 911 call, they were achieved by method of a man armed with knives, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Your man stabbed the particular officer in the deal with prior to another officer shot the suspect within the abdomen, police said.
The suspect ended up being hospitalized within critical condition. Your stabbed officer was transported to a hospital, where he had facial surgery and it is expected for you to survive, police said.
CNN's Faith Karimi, Holly Yan and also Amanda Watts contributed in order to this report.
Royheem Deeds is within custody, sheriff's workplace says
He will be suspected in the shooting death associated with Eastman, Georgia, officer
(CNN)The man suspected inside the shooting death of a central Georgia officer may be arrested, according for the Telfair County Sheriff's Office.
Royheem Deeds, 24, had been considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
About 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Officer Tim Smith responded to a Dodge County 911 call reporting any suspicious person in an intersection in Eastman, any town of 5,000 about an hour's drive southeast involving Macon.
"Officer Smith arrived inside the area along with encountered an individual. Officer Smith exited his patrol automobile to analyze along with was shot from the individual. Officer Smith returned gunfire and additionally the individual fled the scene," the Georgia Bureau regarding Investigation statement said.
Smith have been using the Eastman police for a lot much more than five years, the particular GBI said.
Royheem Deeds may be arrested throughout Officer Tim Smith's death.
Royheem Deeds has been arrested in Officer Tim Smith's death.
He leaves behind a pair of sons, a new daughter along using a stepson, his fiancée Chelsea Clark advised CNN. Smith might have turned 31 about Monday, the lady said.
They had been a new couple for just two years.
"We were engaged. We had been trying to jump on our feet before getting married," the lady said, explaining in which Smith often hugged your ex and his awesome kids and also reported he loved them every day prior to work.
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Police departments through across the nation popularized social media to reveal with you their own condolences using Eastman police as well as Smith's family.
Previous
Port Authority PD
@PGHTransitPD
Police Officer Tim Smith
via Your Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Always remember: Officer Tim Smith, Eastman Police Department, Georgia t.co/U3p1BNAgGA t.co/rzVO7os72D
14 Aug
Jones County Sheriff
@jonessheriff
Our thoughts and also prayers are usually with most the Eastman Police Department and additionally the family members of Officer Tim Smith who was... t.co/bfQ8p1Pn9M
14 Aug
Warner Robins Police
@WarnerRobinsPD
Our thoughts and prayers are generally with Ofc Tim Smith's family and the entire Eastman PD during this difficult period t.co/bk1BqG0RjQ
14 Aug
Norton Chief
@NortonKSPolice
Officer.com about Twitter
via Twitter
Police Officer killed about suspicious individual contact within Eastman GA, pop. 5500. Each and Every contact is the unknown. RIP Tim Smith t.co/DZWzuxzxa5
14 Aug
Albuquerque Police
@ABQPOLICE
Ga. officer shot for you to death
via PoliceOne
We are saddened to listen Police officer shot dead, Police officer killed, Police fatal shooting, Man grabs gun police officer to Eastman,GA Officer Tim Smith had been shot to death whilst protecting his neighborhood last night. t.co/VE7wyeBAYc
14 Aug
Woodstock Police, GA
@WoodstockPD
Our thoughts & prayers are usually using the Town of Eastman http://ktla.com/2016/05/06/florida-man-shoots-kills-brother-over-cheeseburger-police/ PD, their own officers & his or her families. t.co/5Fecsqjl13
14 Aug
Brotherhood
@BFTFChicago
Chicago daily Information upon Twitter
via Twitter
Prayers venturing out for the Smith family and additionally the Eastman Police department. Our deepest condolences ðð»ððð» t.co/w3FUqemunU
14 Aug
Tybee Island Police
@Tybee_PD
Another officer down last night, this 1 too close to home. Our thoughts and prayers venture out for the Eastman,... t.co/5qxYmQmzCu
14 Aug
NYPD special Ops
@NYPDSpecialops
#RIP Thoughts & prayers for the buddies & family members regarding Eastman Officer Tim Smith- Shot & killed LOD EOW 8/13/16 t.co/eO8tnsGk0q
14 Aug
El Cajon Police
@elcajonpolice
Police Officer Tim Smith
via Your Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Our thoughts along with prayers venture out towards the Smith family members as well as the #Eastman Police Department. t.co/xBkXacVbcG
14 Aug
BPPA
@BPPA1
Cop fatally shot in Georgia; suspect about the loose
via Cbsnews
Our thoughts along with prayers are generally with Officer Tim Smith, his family & coworkers Eastman t.co/ZktIVTmgt5 t.co/Moe4I3QCTj
14 Aug
Port Authority PD
@PGHTransitPD
Police Officer Tim Smith
via the Officer Down Memorial Web Page (ODMP)
Always remember: Officer Tim Smith, Eastman Police Department, Georgia t.co/U3p1BNAgGA t.co/rzVO7os72D
14 Aug
Jones County Sheriff
@jonessheriff
Our thoughts as well as prayers are generally using the Eastman Police Department and also the family of Officer Tim Smith that was... t.co/bfQ8p1Pn9M
14 Aug
Warner Robins Police
@WarnerRobinsPD
Our thoughts and also prayers tend to be with Ofc Tim Smith's family and additionally the entire Eastman PD during this tough occasion t.co/bk1BqG0RjQ
14 Aug
Norton Chief
@NortonKSPolice
Officer.com in Twitter
via Twitter
Police Officer killed in suspicious individual contact inside Eastman GA, pop. 5500. Each And Also Every contact is the unknown. RIP Tim Smith t.co/DZWzuxzxa5
14 Aug
Next
1/11
Officers attacked in New York, suburban Atlanta
Another Georgia officer had been shot Sunday morning in Marietta, northwest regarding Atlanta. Officer Scott Davis, the 10-year veteran, ended up being addressing the report of the auto break-in when certainly one of 2 suspects opened fire, striking Davis inside the leg, police said.
Officers returned fire along with wounded certainly one of the particular suspects. both your wounded officer and also suspect are anticipated to survive, Marietta police said. Davis underwent surgery as well as was recovering.
Both juvenile suspects are in custody.
It's been any violent weekend for police in the United States. in the separate incident, a person stabbed the police officer Saturday inside Extended Island, New York, authorities said.
When police responded to a 911 call, they were achieved by method of a man armed with knives, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Your man stabbed the particular officer in the deal with prior to another officer shot the suspect within the abdomen, police said.
The suspect ended up being hospitalized within critical condition. Your stabbed officer was transported to a hospital, where he had facial surgery and it is expected for you to survive, police said.
CNN's Faith Karimi, Holly Yan and also Amanda Watts contributed in order to this report.