POLK COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Polk County they say involved an officer being run over.
Polk County police officers were investigating a man driving a four-wheeler when he drove off into the woods. Since they weren’t able to find him, they requested assistance from the Cedartown Police Department.
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While officers were setting up a perimeter around Cedar Oak Way, the driver, later identified as 31-year-old Taylor McGhee, came out of the woods on his four-wheeler and ran over a Cedartown officer.
Officers from both departments began shooting at McGhee, but he drove away on the four-wheeler. He was found and arrested a short time later.
Officers noticed McGhee had been shot during the initial incident and he was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and later released.
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The officer who was run over suffered minor abrasions.
McGhee was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of tools for the commission of a crime and booked into the Polk County Jail.
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