Authorities said a deputy marshal with the Troup County Marshal’s Office was taken to the hospital after being injured in an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon.
The Troup County Board of Commissioners released a statement saying that the incident unfolded at Glass Bridge Park in LaGrange.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Troup County Marshal’s Office was called to the park around 1:30 p.m. after reports of a man who had been bitten by a pit bull.
When they got there, the deputy marshals met with the man, who had bite marks in his leg.
The GBI said the deputy marshals began canvassing the area in search of the pit bull. A short time later, one of them saw the pit bull and got out of his vehicle. The deputy marshal grabbed a dart gun and shot the dog with the dart to subdue the pit bull. Instead, the GBI said the dog ran off into the woods. The deputy marshals then began tracking the pit bull.
The officers again saw the pit bull, but the GBI said the dog charged at the deputy marshals in a "very aggressive manner."
Both deputy marshals fired at the pit bull with their handguns, but during the shooting, one of the deputy marshals was shot in the arm.
The injured deputy marshal was airlifted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta treatment of of his injuries, which are considered non life-threatening.
The Board of Commissioners said that the county manager has requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter. The county plans to release more details when the investigation concludes.