Quote:A manhunt was launched Wednesday for the shooter responsible for killing one Georgia police officer and critically wounding another in an incident that triggered a lockdown at nearby Georgia Southwestern State College.

Minguell Kennedy Lembrick, 32, was named as the alleged shooter by a spokesperson for the Albany Police Department, WGXA reported. Authorities consider Lembrick armed and dangerous.

"There are no words to express the pain and sorrow," Americus Police Chief Mark Scott said. Officials did not name the officers involved.

The officer who was killed was from the Americus Police Dept. Another officer from Georgia Southwestern State University had been placed on a Life Flight to a hospital in Macon, Scott said. Both officers had head wounds, WSB reported. Neither officer was named.