
Press Launch from GBI:
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Workplace to help in a demise investigation the place Bibb County Sheriff’s Workplace Deputy Christopher Wilson Knight, age 30, was killed. Deputy Knight was assigned to the Corrections Division of the Bibb County Jail.

Bibb County Sheriff’s Workplace Deputy Christopher Wilson Knight / Supply: Bibb Co Sheriff’s Workplace
The preliminary investigation reveals that within the early morning hours of Monday, April 5, 2021, Bibb County Jail Inmate Albert Booze was inflicting disciplinary issues in his assigned cell block of the Bibb County Jail. Booze was faraway from his cell block and moved to a cell within the “Lock Again” Unit for inmates inflicting disciplinary points.
Throughout an inmate test of the cell within the “Lock Again” Unit, deputies noticed Booze overflowing the bathroom within the cell and splashing water from the bathroom on deputies as they have been conducting their test. Sooner or later throughout the contact with Booze, he indicated he wished to commit suicide. Different deputies have been requested to help with the elimination of Booze from the cell. Booze was handcuffed within the entrance by deputies and walked to a different cell for commentary at roughly 2:26 a.m.
After arriving on the commentary cell, deputies eliminated {the handcuffs} from Booze and a combat ensued between deputies and Booze. Through the combat, Booze was in a position to acquire a knife owned by Deputy Knight and stabbed him. Deputy Knight was transported by ambulance to Atrium Well being Navicent Hospital and later died attributable to his accidents.
Deputy Jerome Michael Williams, age 32, additionally sustained non-life-threatening accidents throughout the combat. Deputy Williams was handled and launched from the hospital.
The GBI is conducting a legal investigation into the demise of Deputy Knight and accidents brought on to Deputy Williams throughout the combat with Booze. The physique of Deputy Knight was transported to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Workplace in Decatur, Georgia for post-mortem.
On the completion of the investigation, the GBI case file can be turned over to the Bibb County District Legal professional’s Workplace for prosecution.
See put up from April 6. Bibb County Sheriff’s Deputy Fatally Wounded by Inmate, Second Deputy Injured
