GBI investigating officer-involved shooting after traffic stop

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into an officer-involved shooting in Winterville after a driver took off during a traffic stop and crashed in Madison County.

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The GBI said the incident happened around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in the 100 block of Oakmont Court.

An Athens-Clarke County police officer was attempting to stop a black SUV driven by Derrell Dukes, 33, of Athens. The stop was related to multiple outstanding arrest warrants for Dukes in Athens-Clarke County.

A Winterville police officer arrived to assist. According to the GBI, Dukes opened the driver’s door after being ordered to get out, but then closed it and drove away. One of the officers fired one shot toward the SUV as it left.

A pursuit followed, and the SUV crashed in the 3000 block of Spratlin Mill Road in Hull, in Madison County.

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No one was injured by gunfire. Dukes and a woman who was inside the SUV were taken to a hospital with minor injuries from the crash and later released.

Another woman who was in the SUV, identified as Peyton Ragland, 28, of Summerville, got out after the traffic stop began.

Dukes and Ragland were booked into the Clarke County Jail on outstanding warrants unrelated to the shooting.

The GBI is conducting an independent investigation. Once it is complete, the case will be turned over to the Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.

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