The Latest on the shootings of two police officers in Georgia (all times local):
A second Georgia police officer has died a day after being shot alongside a fellow officer while responding to a domestic dispute report.
Charles Patterson, president of Georgia Southwestern State University, said in a statement Thursday evening that campus police Officer Jody Smith died from his injuries. Smith had been airlifted to a hospital after the shootings Wednesday in Americus, about 130 miles south of Atlanta.
Also killed in the attack was Americus police Officer Nicholas Smarr. Fellow officers said the two men had been close friends since boyhood.
The suspected gunman, Minquell Lembrick, was found dead Thursday morning at a home where he was hiding. A telephone tip led police to the residence. Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said it appeared Lembrick shot himself as the first officers arrived.
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12:15 p.m.
Police say a man suspected of shooting two Georgia police officers is dead.
Phyllis Banks, a police spokeswoman in Americus, told The Associated Press on Thursday: "It's confirmed that the suspect is dead." That was after a SWAT team went into a home where authorities had received a tip that 32-year-old Minquell Lembrick was hiding.
Banks declined to give further information, including whether police had shot Lembrick or merely found his body. Police planned a 1 p.m. news conference.
Lembrick was wanted in the slaying Wednesday of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr, who was shot outside an apartment complex along with Georgia Southwestern State University officer Jody Smith. Smith survived the attack but was critically wounded.
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One police officer was killed and another was in "very, very critical" condition after a shooting near the Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus Tuesday morning. A massive manhunt is underway for the gunman, identified by police as Minguel Hembrick.
A university public safety officer and an Americus Police officer were involved in the shooting, which happened at the Griffin Bell Golf Course, just south of the main campus.
Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said the officers were looking for Hembrick. "They encountered the suspect they'd been looking for," Chief Scott said. Shots were exchanged and both police officers were hit.
They were transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
It's unknown at this time if the Hembrick was hit, but he was able to escape.
A massive manhunt for Hembrick is now underway.
Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, are participating in the search for the suspect.
An alert from the university sent shortly when the incident occurred, advised everyone to remain in their present location until further notice. In addition, everyone is advised to take steps to secure all doors and windows to the rooms in which they are in, including shutting down HVAC, turning off lights, moving to an unobservable part of the room away from doors and windows and getting down on the floor.
They are advised to then await additional instructions or contact from first responders.
