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>>> A
>>> A METRO COMMUNITY AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE MOURNING
THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. NICHOLAS PLANE DIXON WAS GUNS
DOWN LATE LAST NIGHT.
IT TURNED INTO A FOOT CHASE.
FOUR SUSPECTS WERE CHASED IN
HALL COUNTY.
HALL COUNTY. YOUNG FATHER OF TWO SONS
INCLUDING A THREE-MONTH-OL4@D
BABY BOY.
BABY BOY.
BABY BOY. HIS FAMILY SAYS THAT THIS WAS
HIS DREAM JOB. 4@
>> WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT
DEPUTY DIXON IN A MOMENT FROM
JON SHIREK.
JON SHIREK. BUT WE BEGIN TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT WITH JOE HANKEY AND THE
LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION
INTO WHAT HAPPENED.
JOE?
JOE?
JOE? >>
JOE? >> WE ARE INVESTIGATING OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTING WHILE THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF 4@
RECENT THEFTS IN THE CITY OF
GAINESVILLE AND AROUND THE REST
OF THE COUNTY.
THIS CRIME SCENE TAPE IS HERE4@
ON HIGHLAND AVENUE.
THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
TOOK PLACE LATE LAST NIGHT.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US
THERE INVESTIGATION IS HERE
THEY HAVE FOUR SUSPECTS IN
CUSTODY AND EVERYONE4@ IS
ACCOUNTED FOR AT THIS TIME.
THE HALL COUNTY SHERIFF TELLS
US THE DEPUTIES ARE TRYING TO
RE4@COVER A STOLEN VEHICLE LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. A
NIGHT. A SH4@ORT CHASE TOOK PLACE AND
THE DRIVER CRASHED.
THE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND
RAN NEXT TO A HOUSE ON HIGHLAND
AVENUE A MAN IDENTIFIED AS
HUNTER GARCIA SOLACE AND NICKEL
AND NICHOLAS DISKIN DIXON WAS
UNDER A BULLETPROOF VEST.
DEPUTY DIXON DIED A SHORT TIME
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. HE
LATER. HE IS NOW IN CUSTODY ALONG WITH
THREE OTHER PEOPLE AND
INVESTIGATORS SAY HE JUMPED OUT
OF THE CAR.
>>> WE BELIEVE 4@THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS WERE4@ INVOLVED IN
LOT OF THEFTS.4@
ONE INVOLVED A LARGE NUMBER OF
FIREARMS.
FIREARMS.
FIREARMS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOCATED
SO4@ME FIREARMS AND THE FOCUS O
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.4@
>> THE SHERIFF THERE ALSO TELLS
US THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN 4@
CRITICAL CONDITION.
CRITICAL CONDITION. THE SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS ARE
WORKING ON SECURING AN ARREST
WARRANT FOR FELONY MURDER FOR
GARCIA SOLACE.
GARCIA SOLACE. THE OTHER SUSPECTS THAT WERE4@
ARRESTED AS PART OF THIS CASE
SO FOR THE SHERIFF DID NOT
RELEASE ANY DETAILS AS FAR AS
NAMES OR POSSIBLE CHARGES.
THEY COULD BE FACING MORE AT
THIS TIME.4@4@4@
THIS TIME.4@4@4@ >>> AFTER A LONG DAY OF
SEARCHING, THE LAST HALL COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY KILLED THE
LINE OF DUTY WAS NEARLY A
CENTURY AGO IN THE 4@1920S.
JOHN SHERIFF REPORTS FROM THE
HALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
WHERE THE FLAGS ARE FLYING AT
HALF STAFF AND HEART THE
GRIEVING.
GRIEVING.
GRIEVING. >> THE ROAR THEN THE 4@WHALE.
A MASSIVE ESCORT FOR SHERIFF'S
4@
A MASSIVE ESCORT FOR SHERIFF'S DEPUTY NICHOLAS LANE DIXO4@N
TAKING HIS BODY IN A FLAG
DRAPED CASKET TO THE FUNERAL
HOME IN GAINESVILLE.
THE HONOR GUARD SALUTES METRO
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. >> THERE SIMPLY NO WORDS TO
4@EXPRESS THE PROFOUND GRIEF TH
THIS LOSS BRINGS EACH OF US.
HE WAS OUT THERE IN THE
DARKNESS WILL MOST OF US SLEPT.
DOING THE THINGS THAT HE COULD.
>> GERALD COUCH SAYS DEPUTY
DIXON GRADUATED FROM THE
ACADEMY JUST ONE YEAR AGO.
HE CRITICALLY BECAME KNOWN AS
SOMEONE WHO RAN TOWARD TROUBLE.
A 4@DEPUTY WHO HAD WHAT THE
SHERIFF DESCRIBES AS A SERVANTS
HEART.
HEART.
HEART. MARRIED WITH A NINE-YEAR-OLD
SON IN A NEW ONE SON WHO JUST
TURNED THREE MONTHS OLD.
A DEPUTY WHO SHERIFF COX SAYS
KNEW THE RISKS OF SERVING IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND ACCEPTED THEM TO PROTECT
HIS FAMILY.
HIS FAMILY. >> IT TAKES A 4@SERVANTS HEART.
THEY MAY NOT COME BACK HOME AT
THE END.
THE END.
THE END. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP HIS FAMILY
AND OUR DEPARTMENT IN YOUR
PRAYERS.4@
PRAYERS.4@ >> WE EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT
FUNERAL SERVICES SOON. 4@
THIS WAS A DEPUTY WHO IS PART
OF A LARGE AND CLOSE A FAMILY
HERE IN HALL COUNTY.4@4@
NUMBERS OF THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FAMILY ARE SUPPORTING HIS LIFE
IN TWO SONS.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>>> JENNIFER BELLAMY IN THE
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM.
NEWSROOM. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES ACROSS
THE STATE AND COUNTRY PAYING
TRIBUTE TO NICHOLAS DICKINSON
CONDOLENCES ARE HERE WITH
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS COMING IN
ON FACEBOOK FROM BROTHERS AND
SISTERS WHO CAME ALL OVER THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. JACKSON COUNTY AND GAINESVILLE
ALL OF THEM SHARING 4@THEIR LOV
STACY GERARD IS EVEN COURTING A
PERSONAL MESSAGE.
PERSONAL MESSAGE. >> THIS GOES OUT TO THE HALL
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I AM SORRY FOR THEIR LOSS.
WE ARE HERE FOR THEM TO DO
WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THEM.
>> THE DBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING
THE SHOOTING.
THE SHOOTING. ALSO PAYING THEIR OWN TRIBUTE
OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS TODAY.
THEY POSTED THIS VIDEO OF
EMPLOYEES LINED UP TO HONOR A
LIFE OF SERVICE AND ESCORTING
THE BODY OF DEPUTY DIXON IN THE
AGENCY.
AGENCY.
AGENCY. THEY ARE ALSO SPENDING THEIR
CONDOLENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.