Update: GBI has confirmed that the suspect wanted in the shooting of two officers is dead.
Everyday the war on cops seems to be getting worse, and now there is an intense manhunt underway for a suspect who opened fire on officers responding to a domestic dispute call Wednesday morning, killing one and critically injuring the other.
Authorities say Americus police Officer Nicholas Smarr, 25, died Wednesday and Georgia Southwestern State University Officer Jodi Smith was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. Both had been officers since 2012.
The suspect, 32-year-old Minguell Kennedy Lembrick, is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. Local, state and federal law enforcement officers are searching for him.
The reward for information leading to the arrest of Lembrick has been raised to $50,000.
Americus Police Officer Nicholas Smarr. (Americus Police Department via AP)
The FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation initially offered a reward of $20,000 for information leading to Lembrick’s arrest. The GBI announced Thursday that the U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement agencies have kicked in an additional $30,000.
“At this time we don’t know where he is. We just ask that people don’t encounter him, don’t try to approach him. Just let us know where he is so we can take him into custody,” said Americus Police Department Chief Mark Scott.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Obama can’t leave soon enough. Prayers to their families and officer Smith.
Time for culling of the black herd.
These are the type of comments the left eat up. Culling the herd is fine, but it is not just black people, the majority of the people who are pushing violence are doing so through white backers like George Sorros, please don’t make this about race, this is about ideals and our Constitution.
We do not need police force – get rid of them – America needs militarized one in “my” command! (!!!!) YES SIR – W’LL GET RID OF THEM – ONE BY ONE !
This is exactly what the New World Order wants, a One World Police force and military. What we need is the rule of law and standing in line with our Constitution which is the law of the land. Those who don’t stand with the Constitution or the laws on our books can be dealt with legally in various ways. Please don’t bite into the deception. Upstanding people will side with the rule of law, the murdering of law enforcement is atrocious but sinking to the perpetrators level makes us no better than them.
Use the law to go after all those who incite violence, be they BLM or any other terrorist organization, but go after the big dogs who push this like local and cable news outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and the rest of the alphabet soup. Go after those who fund them like George Sorros, but don’t stoop to their level.
Thank you, racist Obama.
I won’t use the title of President, as we still don’t even know what Obama’s legal name is, much less whether he was ever eligible to run for the office of President.
And just to think, Obama aka Barry Soetoro built this… And the bodies keep piling up on his watch…
Obama and his lapdog Eric Holder purposely used divisive anti-police rhetoric to encourage violence against our officers. Deviant and ignorant persons did the evil deeds, but those two political swine are to blame, and believe me, God is not mocked, even by worldly Chicago pig f@rts that hate America. Obama might be our first suicide president, so fragile is his gigantic ego.
Why wasn’t this racist murderer covered in the Media I wonder?
WANTED dead or dead no questions asked..
My thoughts exactly – retired. Save the taxpayers some money and just kill the b—–d !!!! We got our wish — they DID kill him.
Rest in Peace Officer Nicholas Smarr. God bless you and your family. Thank you for serving your community. I hope the rest of the police force puts this devil down during the pursuit, that would be justice served! We need Trump in office now!
Gun’em down they don’t deserve to live and at the same time save the taxpayers money on a trial and appeals processes.
Hope they don’t take this Ahole alive.
I think this is despicable! this killer has gone outside the law of our country to murder, yes I said murder, one police officer and put a second officer in serious condition. All in the name of Black lives matter, ALL LIVES MATTER, NOT JUST BLACK! I am sure he feels “justified” in his own mind to kill, but hate for white people has never solved anything. He is a racist! This animal should be hunted down, and bought to justice. If he resists, the authorities have every right to use deadly force!
Shoot him save us money he doesn’t deserve to live amongst us don’t care that he had rough childhood so did I and I don’t shoot cops !
Amen!
When this bag of worms gets cornered, he’ll throw down his gun and give up thus preserving HIS Constitutional rights and will sue at the drop of a hat if anyone even offends him. I worked in the County Jail for 11 years before retirement and seen how these cowards operate.
Another sleaze bag liberal racist. I have armed myself and hope that all conservatives do the same.
They did kill him. Stated on the Update at the beginning of the Article. One more Thug off the streets!
And now the lawsuits will begin by the family of this “poor misguided, misunderstood victim of racial oppression”.
The recently deceased leaves behind a grieving mother, five girlfriends and seventeen children. Multiple lawsuits of racial profiling, violation of civil rights and wrongful death will be filed before the funeral.
Protests along with rioting and looting will begin following the funeral, a gofundme page has been set up to help the family of the deceased until the lawsuits have been settled right after the MLK holiday.
We need a Conservative Billionaire to counter George Soros & his BLM Marxist campaign. $50,000 is chump change to a Billionaire. That buys a lot of “dime” bags to the miscreants serving Soros. Buys a lot of silence on the street.
A lot or you are calling for violence, that is not the way. Your calling for the same thing that the liberal left is already doing and you are allowing yourselves to be baited. STOP! I get your upset with what is going on in this nation, but a violent response is exactly what the left wants, it will justify in their twisted minds that they are right. Instead let the law take its course, pray for the families of those slain and pray to God that justice be served. Open your eyes, don’t be like the liberal left, the blind leading the blind. Use your brain, this is being pushed to get Americans to respond rashly.
They are patiently waiting for the right to lose it so they can justify Martial law and possibly stopping Trump from becoming President. Think, use your brains, the left are masters of deception, they are experts at using minorities and the uninformed to do their bidding. Once the right starts responding with violence or any type of hatred the liberal news will plaster it throughout all types of propaganda outlets. Remember power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Pray, repent and watch what God can do.