A U.S. marshal was shot while attempting to arrest of 19-year-old Antonio Murgado Jr., a Pike County murder suspect.. The marshal is an investigator from the Coweta County Sheriff's Office.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Antonio Murgado Jr., age 19, of Griffin, GA, and a United States Marshals Task Force Officer were shot during this incident.
Preliminary information indicates that at 9:18 a.m., the United States Marshals Service and Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, executed an arrest warrant for Murgado at 429 Sage Brush Trail in Fayetteville.
Murgado was wanted for Murder in Pike County, Georgia. When officers entered the home, Murgado fired a gun and hit a Task Force Officer one time. Officers returned gunfire at Murgado, hitting him multiple times.
The Task Force Officer and Murgado were treated at the scene and taken to Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, with non-life-threatening injuries.
The GBI investigation is active and ongoing. Once the investigation is completed, the case file will be given to the Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.
The Pike County Sheriff’s Office arrested Murgado who they say was involved in the July 16 shooting that resulted in the death of James Knight at a home on Patton Road.
Pike County Sheriff’s Office identified 18-year-old Jaiden Chappell as one of the suspects and announced her arrest July 17. The Pike County S.O. also arrested a 14-year-old involved in the shooting, on July 19. The juvenile is charged with being party to a crime felony murder and is currently being held in a youth detention facility.
This is 70th officer involved shooting that the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.
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