Deputy shoots, kills homicide suspect charging with hammer, GBI says
WALTON COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a Walton County Sheriff's Office deputy shot and killed a homicide suspect armed with a hammer Saturday night in Loganville.
The sheriff's office announced the shooting happened on Highway 81 at Robertson Road. Investigators said 35-year-old William Taylor Parrott died from a gunshot wound at a hospital. The GBI will conduct an autopsy at its crime lab.
Not deputies were injured, officials said.
The sheriff's office said Parrott was a suspect in two killings, one in Wrightsville and another in Walton County.
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Deputies were called at around 7:30 p.m. to a Marathon gas station where Parrott had allegedly used his truck and a hammer to damage several cars in the parking lot. The GBI said Parrott drove to an EZ Stop on Highway 81.
A deputy got to the convenience store and saw an armed person confronting Parrott. The person armed with the gun put it down when the deputy commanded, but Parrott allegedly charged at the deputy with a hammer.
That's when the deputy shot Parrott once.
"We are saddened for the impact on both communities and for the tragic loss of life," a Walton County Sheriff's Office statement said in part.
The GBI will provide its investigative findings to the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
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