LAKE CITY, Ga. — The Clayton County Sheriff's Office confirmed there was a deputy-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities said the shooting happened on Phillips Road after a pursuit for a suspect they said had multiple warrants for his arrest in Forest Park.
According to an initial report by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, a Clayton County deputy tried to pull over a truck driven by 24-year-old Donald Clark Wright III off Jonesboro Road in Morrow, after being alerted that the vehicle was connected to a wanted person.
The GBI said Wright initially stopped, but then sped off. Authorities said the deputy followed the truck, until it wrecked a few miles away off Phillips Road in Lake City. The GBI said the deputy fired his gun, hitting Wright once. Wright then ran tried to run away, the GBI said, but he was later caught off Helen Street.
Wright was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center, where he was listed as stable. He is expected to survive. No deputies or officers were injured.
Wright, the GBI said, had multiple outstanding warrants from multiple counties in Georgia, though they didn't detail what they were for.
The investigation has now been turned over to the state agency, as is standard with officer-involved shootings. This is the 83rd incident that the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2019.
No other details were available.
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