According to ODMP perp fled from a Car Stop on the 3500 Block of Pickett, as Officer Dawson ran behind 3517 Pickett Street, the Suspect was lying in wait and shot him multiple times in the leg and chest. Ofc Dawson returned fire and struck the Suspect, wounding him.
First Line of Duty Death in Greenville since 1912, when Assistant Chief John L. Southall and Special Deputy Sheriff Richard Shipp from the Hunt County Sheriff's we're killed while attempting to arrest an Intoxicated Male who was firing a pistol.