2 deputies shot, 1 dead after traffic stop in Columbia County(Georgia)

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. — A Columbia County sheriff’s deputy is dead and another hospitalized after a traffic stop turned into a shootout. According to ABC affiliate WJBF, the deputies were performing the traffic stop near Exit 194 on Interstate 20 around 6:30 p.m. WJBF reported that the driver, James Blake Montgomery, opened fire, hitting both deputies, then drove off in a camper or RV. Members of law enforcement told WJBF that the vehicle is currently surrounded and investigators are searching the nearby area for Montgomery. Columbia County investigators told WJBF that the officers had been trying to serve Montgomery with...