— THOMASVILLE — A Boston police officer died Friday night from what is believed to be an accidental shooting by a fellow officer. Officer Al Suarez was pronounced dead at 7:19 p.m. Friday at the Archbold Memorial Hospital emergency room. The fallen officer’s wife, Robin, a Thomas County E-911 dispatcher, was on duty when 911 received the call at 6:13 p.m. Suarez and a couple of other Boston police officers were at Boston Police Department on North Main Street when the shooting occurred. “One officer was cleaning his weapon. After he cleaned it, he charged it, and it went off,” Capt. John Richards, Thomas County Sheriff’s Office chief of operations, told the Times-Enterprise Friday night. Suarez was struck in the chest, Richards said. Boston police Chief Chuck Weaver was at the hospital Friday night and could not be reached for comment. The shooting took place during the police department shift change, said Sam Brown, Thomas County coroner. The fatal wound was in the upper chest, the coroner said. The name of the officer whose firearm discharged had not been released Friday night. The incident is being investigated by the sheriff’s office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Thomas County Sheriff Carlton Powell recalled Suarez as a pleasant, helpful officer. “He worked for us,” Powell said. “He did an excellent job.” Suarez worked as a sheriff’s office jailer before becoming Boston’s police chief, a position he left but remained with the department as an officer. “He had a kind approach people. I’m personally going to miss him a lot,” Powell said. Richards had known Suarez, a former Boston police chief, for more than 25 years. The two worked together at Thomas County Correctional Institute as correctional officers. “He was a good person to have as a friend. He’d give you the shirt off his back,” Richards said. “He would do anything for a friend or for any officer.” Describing Suarez as a kind-hearted man, Richards said, “I shall miss him.” Brown also had known Suarez for a long time - since the officer came to the community. “He was a nice, well-liked, respected police officer,“ Brown said. Sheriff’s officers were providing police protection in Boston Friday night. The officers also were assisting the deceased officer’s family. Sheriff’s officers will remain in Boston until the city’s police force returns to work. The probe into the shooting death will continue. “The preliminary investigation is leaning toward accidental shooting,” Richards said.
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