Gwinnett County correctional officer shot, killed at work; suspect on the run - WSB Atlanta

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for the shooter who killed a Gwinnett County corrections serviceman Tuesday morning.

The shooting happened astir 6:20 a.m. extracurricular the Gwinnett County Correctional Center connected Hi Hope Road adjacent Swanson Drive.

Police identified the unfortunate arsenic 59-year-old Scott Riner, who worked astatine the halfway for 10 years.

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They judge the fishy and serviceman got into a confrontation earlier the shooting. Police said astatine this clip they bash not person a statement of the suspect.

A Channel 2 Action News lensman spotted investigators blocking disconnected the parking batch of the halfway with transgression country tape.

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The roadworthy is closed for the investigation. Gwinnett Online Campus crossed the thoroughfare is connected a brushed lockdown, according to Gwinnett County Public Schools.

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