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MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A police officer in Georgia has died from a gunshot wound he suffered earlier this month when he responded to a disturbance at a dentist's office.
News outlets reported the Henry County Police Department said officer Michael Smith died early Friday in an Atlanta hospital from complications of a gunshot wound he suffered Dec. 6 at a dentist's office in McDonough.
The dentist's office had called police about a man who was acting erratically.
Investigators say Smith went into the office and struggled with 53-year-old Dimaggio McNelly. Smith tried to stun the man, but a scuffle developed over the officer's gun. A single shot was fired that killed McNelly and fatally injured Smith.
Smith had been with the police department for seven years.
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