A Fulton County detention officer stabbed multiple times in the neck is recovering following a violent encounter with an inmate.
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Channel 2′s Michael Seiden spoke exclusively with Sheriff Pat Labat, who called the injured detention officer a hero.
Labat said Officer Rico George had just wrapped up his shift Saturday and was preparing to head home when he learned another officer was having an issue with an inmate at the jail on Rice Street.
Instead of ignoring the situation, he jumped into action and ended up getting stabbed multiple times in neck.
“I look at it as he may have saved another officer’s life,” Labat said.
Labat said he is grateful that George is alive and on the road to recovery. Surrounded by his family and friends, the injured Fulton County detention officer continues to improve in the hospital after emergency surgery.
He was stabbed by Fulton County Jail resident Bakari Stokes-Martin, 18, the sheriff spokesperson said. George had asked Stokes-Martin to remove a blanket that was covering his upper body while he was out for free time.
Stokes-Martin became agitated and charged George with a shank he had concealed under the blanket, stabbing him at least twice in the neck, behind his left ear, the official said.
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