Suspected Georgia Police Killer Shoots Self: Report
UPDATED: 11:52 a.m. EST — The suspect in Wednesday's fatal police shooting has shot himself in the head, according to the Macon Telegraph. His condition was not immediately known. Police had been searching for Minguell Kennedy Lembrick since Wednesday morning after he allegedly shot and killed a Georgia police officer and critically injured a Georgia Southwestern State University police officer.
The reported self-inflicted wound happened as law enforcement moved in on a house Lembrick was suspected of hiding in.
Original story:
A manhunt was underway for a man who authorities say shot and killed one police officer and left another critically injured in southwest Georgia Wednesday morning. Authorities set a reward of $30,000 as a search was organized to find Minguell Kennedy Lembrick.
Shortly after the shooting, a Facebook account for man named “Minguell GStreet Lembrick” went live for four seconds, according to Georgia’s the Telegraph. “I’m gonna miss y’all folks, man,” the video, which has since been deleted, said. A post saying “Love ya, Nikki brown. I tried to stay out to get ya (expletive) happen…other life gone not going to jail,” was written as well. Lembrick, 32, also goes by the name Minquell Kenney Lembrick, according to the Telegraph.
Police in Americus, Georgia, said Officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex near Georgia Southwestern State University at around 9:40 a.m. when he was shot and killed. University police Officer Jodi Smith arrived shortly after to provide backup and was critically injured. Smith remained in critical condition Thursday morning.
Lembrick had a previous warrant for kidnapping and a domestic dispute and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous. It was not immediately clear if he was wounded during the incident.
Minguell Kennedy Lembrick, 32, is the suspect in Wednesday's shooting near Georgia Southwestern State University, Dec. 7, 2016. Photo: Reuters
Nearby Georgia Southwestern State University said on its website that there would be no classes Thursday because fall semester had already ended.
“The suspect in the Americus shooting is still at large; however, Georgia Southwestern academic and administrative buildings have been released. Students in residence halls are being asked to stay in their building and not wander around campus,” the alert read. “GSW Public Safety remains on patrol in and around buildings with students, faculty and staff.”
The two police officers involved in the shooting had graduated from Americus-Sumter High School together in 2009 before becoming officers and were best friends, according to Atlanta’s Local 11Alive.
“It’s a tragedy beyond words,” Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said. “One of our family members has been taken from us.”
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