FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. — At Flat Creek Baptist Church in Fayette County Tuesday, there was a sense of heartbreak, even for those who are sometimes expected to not show it.
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“I have dreaded this day. If I told you I wanted to wake up and put on this uniform and do this today, I’d be lying to you,” Warm Springs Police Chief Matt Mayfield told Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen.
The chief was not alone. Dozens of fellow officers and sheriff’s deputies from metro Atlanta to middle Georgia came to the church to join hundreds of others to grieve and pay their respects to one of their own, police Sgt. Christopher Fisher.
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Fisher grew up in Coweta County. After five years in the U.S. Army, police work became his life’s work. He served with four different Georgia departments.
The 36-year-old died in the line of duty while working to serve and protect the people of Warm Springs.
Family, friends and his chief now must find a path forward.
“He was a friend of mine. It’s going to be different going to work and not seeing him, but I can live on with his memory in my heart. That’s what we plan to do going forward,” Mayfield said.
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