Jan 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 1

AROUND THE COUNTRY
GRIFFIN, GA.
Sergeant Marc McIntyre of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office was shot
and killed from a ambush while responding to a domestic disturbance.
GRIFFIN, GA. – Spalding County
Sergeant Marc McIntyre was
killed after being shot in the
head on Friday morning at a residence
on Deason Street in Griffin
Georgia.
According to the Spalding
County Sheriff’s Office, deputies
were responding to a domestic
call when the sergeant was shot.
He and another deputy were
walking across the home’s yard
when a male subject opened fire
with a shotgun from an upstairs
window. Sergeant McIntyre was
killed and the other deputy was
wounded. Other responding
deputies were able to rescue
Sergeant McIntyre from the front
yard. He was transported to a
local hospital where he was pronounced
dead.
The suspected shooter refused
to come out of the home for
several hours. Eventually, entry
was made into the home and the
suspect was dragged out from
underneath a bed.
The suspect is 57-year-old
Todd Lamont Harper, according
to Spalding County Sheriff Darrell
Dix.
The sheriff said Sgt. McIntyre
was a veteran and had served in
Iraq before becoming a sheriff’s
deputy. The sheriff also said that
McIntyre was the type of person
who lit up a room when he
walked into it and that he was a
deputy who led by example. The
sheriff said he had been with
the sheriff’s office for at least 11
SERGEANT MARC MCINTYRE
years.
Another deputy was injured
during the incident. The deputy
suffered some sort of injury to
his hand but was not shot.
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40 The Blues - January ‘24