An Emanuel County Sheriff's Office Investigator is expected to recover after being shot in Swainsboro.

ECSO says Dakota Lamb was assisting assisting in serving a warrant when Me'Elle Layquon Merrion allegedly fired at Lamb. Lamb was taken to the Emanuel Medical Center and was transferred to a hospital in Augusta for treatment.

Merrion was taken into custody, according to ECSO.

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