Shocking Video Shows Deputy Fleeing Across City After Shootout

By Bob Owens

There are officer-involved shooting stories we cover where the words alone simply cannot do the incident justice.

Dramatic video obtained exclusively by Channel 2 Action News shows a shootout between a deputy and a suspect in Troup County.

The shooting happened Monday afternoon as the deputy was performing a welfare check at the suspect’s home on Jackson Street. Officers said the man’s father had called in a report that his adult son was in the midst of a mental health episode.

Deputy Michael Hockett’s dash camera was running as he responded to the scene.

In the video, Hockett is heard yelling at the suspect, “Drop the gun now!”

Moments later he’s seen running away as the armed suspect chases him. Hockett jumps a fence and the suspect begins firing at him.

Hockett returns fire, hitting the suspect in the shoulder. Hockett was also hit in his forehead, elbow and waist by pellets from a shotgun blast during the shootout.

After being shot, the suspect, identified as Matthew Edmondson, returns to his home, causing an hours-long SWAT standoff involving several agencies. Hockett took off in his patrol car and drove to safety.

Hockett’s dash camera and body mic were active for the entire incident. Out of respect for …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms