PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — Two correctional officers were overpowered, shot and killed Tuesday morning by a pair of inmates who escaped in Putnam County, Georgia, according to sheriff's deputies.
Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills confirmed to WSB-TV that the officers were killed.
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The sheriff's office said that a preliminary investigation indicated that as many as two correctional officers, working a detail in Putnam County, were killed around 5 a.m. along GA 16 while transporting prisoners during a work detail.