Security officer shot by Carroll County sheriff deputy
Carroll County GA Oct 15 2017 A security guard who was on duty for a movie production company was tired and decided to drive down to a nearby Dollar General store to catch some shuteye.
At around 3:20 a.m. a Carroll County deputy sheriff spotted the suspicious vehicle and deputy Tyler North tried to wake up the driver, security guard Joshua Mapson.
Mapson said that he thought the person banging on his car door while he was trying to sleep was a robber — not an officer investigating a suspicious person call.
Mapson, 22, was shot at 3:20 a.m. Monday as back up recklessly toward the deputy and sped off.
Dashcam video shows Mapson pulling off and North opening fire on the car. One of the bullets hit Mapson in the hand.
“It was terrifying,” he said of the encounter with the deputy. “…My mind was in shock.”
Mapson told North he never heard his commands.
“Had I known it was an officer, from the beginning that’s what it would’ve been: total compliance,” he said.
Mapson’s attorney Jackie Patterson said the loitering and reckless conduct charges should be dropped against his client.
Patterson said the shooting was excessive and that his client could’ve died from it.
Mapson said he’s thankful to be alive: “At the end of the day, that could’ve been my life.”
The sheriff’s deputy was in a full uniform and driving a marked patrol vehicle when he approached Mapson.
The shooting is being investigated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
