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Officer Injured After Being Dragged By A Car In Clayton County, Search For Suspect Ongoing
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
4
First seen
Oct 21, 3:24 PM EDT
updated Oct 23, 7:53 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WXIA (11Alive NBC), WSB-TV (Channel 2 ABC) and 2 others, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Clayton County officer dragged during traffic stop, officials say · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)Oct 21, 3:24 PM EDT
Clayton County officer dragged during traffic stop, officials say · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS) · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 21, 8:55 PM EDT
Officer injured after being dragged by a car in Clayton County, search for suspect ongoing · WXIA (11Alive NBC)Oct 21, 11:15 PM EDT
Clayton County police officer dragged by truck; suspect at large · WSB-TV (Channel 2 ABC)Oct 22, 4:46 AM EDT
Sources confirm identity of suspect in Clayton County officer dragging as manhunt continues · WXIA (11Alive NBC)Oct 22, 11:02 AM EDT
Clayton County officer dragged out of hospital; search for driver continues · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)Oct 22, 5:55 PM EDT
Man accused of dragging Clayton County officer with car identified · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)Oct 23, 7:25 PM EDT
Suspect identified after Clayton County officer dragged during stop · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)Oct 23, 7:53 PM EDT
Search continues for wanted man after Clayton County officer dragged by car during traffic stop: police · WXIA (11Alive NBC)Oct 24, 1:35 AM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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How We Decided
Oct 21, 3:43 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 21, 4:04 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.