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Deputy Cleared In Shooting During Arrest
By daltondailycitizen.com
Published: 08/05/2010

DALTON — A Whitfield County deputy who shot a man accused of murdering a woman in Resaca last week has been cleared of any wrongdoing and has returned to duty.

Shannon Ramsey, who Major John Gibson called a “veteran officer” with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office, was back at work on Wednesday after spending a few days on administrative leave with pay.

Ramsey was one of the officers who wounded Paul Buchannon, 36, on July 29 after the four-hour manhunt ended near a Gordon County church just below the Whitfield County line. The shooting occurred when Buchannon failed to drop his gun as ordered, but instead pointed it toward officers.

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