Overview
- Sgt. Christopher Fisher was shot multiple times while seated in his patrol car after a traffic stop and was pronounced dead at the scene, the GBI says.
- Court records show Fisher had arrested 23‑year‑old Jimmie Lee Steverson days earlier on felony charges and alleged Steverson struck him during that encounter.
- The GBI issued a statewide Blue Alert and law enforcement tracked a vehicle to Anderson, South Carolina, where deputies found Steverson with an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot wound and he later died in hospital care.
- Funeral services for Sgt. Fisher are scheduled for Sept. 8 at Flat Creek Baptist Church and community memorials and fundraisers have been launched to support his family.
- The GBI is conducting an active, independent investigation and will send its file to the Coweta Judicial Circuit district attorney to consider any charges for other people who may have been involved.