Authorities are searching for a man accused of stabbing an off-duty Atlanta police officer during a confrontation after a hit-and-run over the weekend.

The incident took place at about 6 p.m. Saturday in DeKalb County, Georgia, when there was a hit-and-run on Interstate 20 Eastbound near Panola Road.

In the crash, a driver in a Dodge Charger struck a Chevy Silverado before leaving the scene, the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said via FOX 5 Atlanta.

The driver of the Silverado, later identified as an off-duty Atlanta police officer, then followed the driver of the Charger into Rockdale County to collect the license plate information.

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The two drivers pulled into a parking lot, where a verbal confrontation took place. The argument escalated and the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Justin Perry Hurst, allegedly stabbed the officer multiple times.

Hurst fled the scene and has yet to be located.

His last known vehicle was a white 2019 VW Passat with Georgia tag CWC3082. He is considered to be armed and dangerous, and has ties to the Alpharetta area.

Hurst’s last known vehicle was a white 2019 VW Passat with Georgia tag CWC3082. (Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office)

The officer was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta for treatment, Atlanta police said. He was alert, conscious and breathing, and was later released from the hospital.

Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact local law enforcement. A reward of up to $2,000 is available.

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Justin Perry Hurst fled the scene after the attack, authorities said. (Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office)

“While the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office is the lead in this investigation, the Atlanta Police Department stands in solidarity with them to ensure that the suspect is apprehended,” Atlanta police said in a statement. “We are asking anyone with information regarding the suspect’s whereabouts to please contact CrimeStoppers or the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office.”

A Georgia man’s loved ones are filing a lawsuit against one of America’s largest mattress manufacturers after he was found dead inside a trailer on the company’s property.

Joshua Armour, 27, disappeared in October, causing his family to frantically search for him. They ultimately tracked his phone location to the Sealy Mattress Company’s facility in Conyers, Georgia, according to the lawsuit.

The family alerted a supervisor at the facility that Armour’s phone showed him on the property, but employees were allegedly told to lock all the trailers because they were concerned about an unknown person at the location, the lawsuit stated. The family also said they were not allowed to search the area and were asked to leave.

Armour’s body was found a week later locked inside a trailer at the Sealy Mattress facility. He was allegedly suffering from a mental health crisis when he wandered onto the property.

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Jasmine Jennings, Armour’s fiancée, alleges in the suit that he died a “horrific and inexplicable” death “due to the willful failures and gross negligence of Sealy, Tempur-Pedic, and related entities.”

“Sealy did absolutely nothing to locate or protect Joshua,” the lawsuit said, in part.

“Tragically, Sealy chose to act only to protect its own property, while consciously choosing to disregard the life of Joshua and the pleas of his family,” it added.

Armour’s phone location showed him on the property at the Sealy Mattress company facility in Conyers, Georgia, but when family notified supervisors at Sealy, they allegedly told employees to lock the doors to trailers, according to the lawsuit. (Google Earth)

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Tempur Sealy International expressed their condolences in a statement on Friday and stated they are investigating the incident.

“We have been conducting a thorough investigation to understand all the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident and have fully cooperated with local authorities,” the company said.

According to reports by The Associated Press, the company has a surveillance video of an unidentified person on the property, but the supervisor that night refused to let the family see it, making it impossible to confirm if it was Armour, said Mark Johnson, one of the family’s lawyers.

“We have reached out to Sealy by letter and asked for all video and haven’t received a response,” Johnson said. “Nothing.”

Armour’s family has requested a jury trial.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares lambasted President Biden after he granted clemency to the “Waverly Two,” who they said admitted to being responsible for the 1998 murder of a Sussex County police officer.

“I am beyond outraged and in utter disbelief that President Biden would announce clemency for Ferrone Claiborne and Terence Richardson – two men who admitted to being responsible for brutally killing Officer Allen Gibson, a hero and dedicated servant to our community,” Youngkin said in a statement.

“What makes this even more unconscionable is the Biden U.S. Attorney advised the White House not to commute these sentences as they are violent offenders.”

Youngkin said “the pain and sorrow this clemency causes the Gibson family is unimaginable.”

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“To know that the men who took Officer Gibson’s life will walk free is not just a grave injustice- – it is a heartbreaking blow to those who continue to mourn his sacrifice. This is despicable; a grim day for justice and for the families who trust that our system will hold the guilty accountable,” Youngkin said. 

Youngkin’s office said Claiborne and Richardson admitted in Sussex County Circuit Court to being responsible for Gibson’s brutal killing.

“The evidence presented and the details surrounding Officer Gibson’s death are deeply disturbing and tragic,” Youngkin stated.

Youngkin’s office said then-President Obama declined to grant clemency to Claiborne and Richardson.

Under the current terms, both men are set to be released in July.

“This is despicable. I’m beyond outraged and in utter disbelief that President Biden would announce clemency for these two violent criminals,” Youngkin wrote in a post on X.

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Miyares echoed Youngkin’s disgust and said his office would continue to seek justice for Gibson’s family.

“I’m outraged by Biden granting clemency to cop killers, forcing the fallen officer’s child, Crissana, to relive this trauma. Shame on you, Joe Biden and your enabling staff. May the memory of Officer Allen Gibson & his family haunt each of you forever,” Miyares wrote in a post on X.

Miyares also shared a statement from Crissana Gibson, who was outraged by Biden’s decision.

“I am absolutely outraged by what has happened. My heart is shattered knowing that the men that killed my father are going to be released from prison and can walk the streets freely. This is a huge miscarriage of justice, and I am completely disgusted by the outgoing administration,” she wrote. “The Virginia Attorney General’s office has worked tirelessly to keep these murderers behind bars, and I am forever grateful for their dedication and hard work. I am so disappointed that the disgraceful Biden administration has failed my family, my father, and the entire law enforcement community. Neither my family nor I have ever supported the release of Richardson or Claiborne, and we denounce this decision by the outgoing failed presidency of Joe Biden and the Democratic Party’s abuse of the justice system.” 

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Miyares said that on April 25, 1998, Allen Gibson, 25, woke up and went to work as a Waverly police officer and never returned home after he was shot with his own service weapon in the woods behind an apartment complex.

“He put on his bulletproof vest and said goodbye to his 8-year-old daughter Crissana. Officer Gibson found Terence Richardson and Ferrone Claiborne engaged in a drug deal behind an apartment building. The men attacked Officer Gibson, and Richardson disarmed Officer Gibson and fatally shot him in the stomach right below his bulletproof vest,” Miyares described.

Officials said that both Claiborne and Richardson were named suspects and arrested for Gibson’s murder soon after his death.

Both men are still serving a life sentence for a remaining drug trafficking charge but were acquitted by a federal jury of murder and firearms charges.

On Friday morning, Biden announced that he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates as his presidency came to a close. 

The commutations are for people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses “who are serving disproportionately long sentences” compared to what they would receive if sentenced under today’s law.

However, Biden has come under bipartisan fire for who he has decided to pardon or commute sentences for.

At the end of December, he chose to commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row, helping them escape execution and sending them to prison for life without parole instead.

Biden also boasted about completing the “largest single-day grant of clemency” on Dec. 12 when he commuted sentences for 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, most of whom were already serving time in home confinement because of decisions made during the COVID-19 era.

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.

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