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Update: Medic is out of hospital and recovering
On 8-18-23 at or around 8pm Magee Police Officers and Covington County EMS were dispatched to a residence on 7th AVE SE for a welfare check on an 84 year old female with a history of medical conditions. Officers and EMS attempted contact at the residence for several minutes when a single shot was fired through the carport door striking a medic in the abdomen. Magee Officers and Simpson County Deputies secured the area and were able to talk the elderly woman out of the home, recover the weapon, and have her transported for evaluation by Covington County Ambulance. The medic was transported to Forrest General Hospital in stable condition at last up date. This is an ongoing investigation.
Reported by the Magee Police Department
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