COWETA COUNTY, Ga. – Coweta County sheriff’s deputies and Georgia State Patrol troopers are searching for a suspect who followed them on a chase.

According to officers, the chase ended in the area of ​​S. Hwy. 29 and Calico Loop near Grantville when the suspect got out of the car and ran.

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The suspect’s identity has not been released, but officials say the person should be considered “armed and dangerous.”

Coweta County Sheriff Lenn Wood says the suspect was carrying an AR-15 when he fled the scene. Sheriff Wood says a GSP K9 was shot.

According to the city of Sandy Springs, the K9 was flown by helicopter to BluePearl Pet Hospital on Abernathy Road for emergency surgery.

“People in the area are asked to go inside, lock the doors and report any suspicious activity,” the sheriff’s office wrote in an alert to the community.

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