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"This morning, two Gwinnett County, GA Police Officers were ambushed while responding to a call for service." "One officer was killed. Another remains hospitalized." "I’m angry about this, plain and simple." "Angry that an officer showed up to help and never made it home." "Angry that ambushing law enforcement has become something we keep explaining instead of stopping." "Angry that families continue to pay the price for a job most people only acknowledge when they need it." "This was not random. This was not confusion. This was a deliberate decision to target the badge, and that decision ended a life." "For the officer who was lost, I pray his journey into heaven was swift and that he was met with a grace and peace beyond anything we can comprehend on this side of eternity." "The individual responsible was also shøt." "My attention does not go there, nor will It." "Anyone who chooses to attack those who serve the public forfeits my concern." "My responsibility is to the officers who stand the line and the families who carry the weight of that service." "I’m thinking about a family whose world stopped before the day even began. About an officer who will carry this moment for the rest of his life. About a department expected to grieve quietly and then return to duty as if nothing happened." "Let’s stop pretending this job isn’t dangerous. Let’s stop acting surprised when violence finds the people we send into it. These men and women are not expendable. They are not interchangeable. They are protectors and they are human." "Today, a badge is draped in mourning. Tonight, deputies and officers across this state will tighten their vests and go back out anyway." "We will honor the fallen. We will stand with the wounded. And we will unapologetically stand with all law enforcement because without them, there is no order, no safety, and no peace." Daniel Cape, Sheriff, Bleckley County, Georgia.