Woman Shoots Suspect Assaulting Sheriff’s Deputy in Georgia

It started at a Chevron on Georgia Highway 400 when 52-year-old Sgt. Randy Harkness arrived with a homeless man. Sheriff Jeff Johnson said the Harkness had given the man a courtesy ride to the gas station to help him out with a bit of money.

“He then began to give the gentleman some money just to help him out and the suspect began to physically assault him,” said Sheriff Johnson.

The sheriff said a woman in a car at the Chevron witnessed the assault, got out of her car, gun in hand, and fired on the homeless man attacking Harkness. Eyewitnesses in the gas station saw it unfold.

“She shot off, a round. The guy got off the police officer and she shot another round and he was running that way I think, there was three shots,” said Aseem Kahn, owner of the station.

See complete story here:

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/woman-comes-to-aid-of-dawson-county-sergeant-during-fight

Additional resources:

http://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/just-bystander-shoots-suspect-after-attack-north-georgia-deputy/

https://www.dawsonnews.com/local/officer-identified-dawson-county-chevron/