Buronan tewas, Marsekal AS terluka saat terjadi baku tembak di hotel Columbia | Berita Kolombia
COLUMBIA — Seorang buronan yang dicari atas berbagai tuduhan pemerkosaan dan pelecehan anak meninggal setelah baku tembak dengan deputi dari US Marshals Service di sebuah hotel di kawasan Harbison, Kolombia. Dua petugas federal terluka dalam penembakan itu.
Buronan, George Curtis yang berusia 78 tahun, menghadapi dakwaan di Augusta atas pemerkosaan anak, pelecehan seksual terhadap anak, pelecehan seksual dan dua tuduhan penganiayaan anak.
Penggeledahan dilakukan setelah Curtis melewatkan persidangan pada pertengahan September atas dakwaan tersebut, menurut Jaksa Wilayah Augusta Judicial Circuit Jared Williams.
Pagi hari tanggal 29 September, Satuan Tugas Buronan Regional Carolina dari US Marshals Service menemukan Curtis di Extended Stay America di Kinsley Road dekat Irmo, menurut petugas informasi publik.
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Anggota penegak hukum menanggapi insiden penembakan di Extended Stay America pada jam 8 pagi pada hari Jumat, 29 September 2023, di Irmo. Pejabat dari US Marshals Service, SLED, Polisi Columbia dan Departemen Sheriff Richland County berada di tempat kejadian pada Jumat pagi sebagai tanggapan atas perburuan buronan yang menyebabkan sedikitnya dua orang terluka dan seorang tersangka tewas. Sean Rayford/Khusus untuk The Post dan Kurir
Menurut badan federal, Curtis melepaskan tembakan ke arah petugas satuan tugas, melukai dua orang. Badan tersebut mengatakan Curtis meninggal di tempat kejadian karena dugaan luka tembak yang dilakukannya sendiri.
Divisi Penegakan Hukum Negara Bagian sedang menyelidiki penembakan yang melibatkan petugas. Departemen Sheriff Richland County dan Departemen Kepolisian Columbia juga merespons kejadian tersebut.
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Kendaraan patroli mengepung hotel hingga larut pagi. Rekaman TKP diblokir di sisi hotel di mana pintu kacanya pecah.
Curtis ditangkap pada Maret 2020. Sebulan kemudian, dia dibebaskan dari Pusat Penahanan Charles B. Webster dengan jaminan, yang menurut Williams ditentang oleh negara.
Menurut dakwaan, Curtis dituduh melakukan pelecehan seksual dan penganiayaan terhadap seorang gadis di bawah usia 16 tahun antara tahun 2011 dan 2013. Dia akan diadili oleh Unit Korban Khusus Kejaksaan.
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Penegakan hukum federal, negara bagian dan lokal menanggapi penembakan di Extended Stay America di Irmo pada hari Jumat, 29 September 2023. T. Michael Boddie/Staf
Setelah melewatkan persidangannya, ia dicari oleh Kantor Sheriff Richmond County karena gagal mengajukan tuntutan "penyelamatan jaminan".
Pengacara yang mewakili Curtis, Shawn Merzlak dari Hawk Law Group, menolak menjawab pertanyaan tentang kasus mendiang kliennya.
“Saya menyampaikan harapan saya kepada petugas penegak hukum yang terluka hari ini dan siapa pun yang terkena dampak kasus ini,” kata Merzlak.