Irvin, 25, died on the scene.

According to Wood, Irvin worked for the sheriff's office for several years, first in the county jail and recently in the field. A GoFundMe page was created to help his son go to college one day, and as of Friday afternoon, the page had raised more than $2,900 of its $10,000 goal.

Please be in prayer for the family of our fallen brother and his brothers and sisters at CCSO this morning and in the days ahead. #endofwatch #resteasybrother #wewilltakeitfromhere pic.twitter.com/ZBOij79OlX — Coweta County Sheriff's Office (@CowetaSheriff) May 1, 2019

Minutes after hearing two gunshots, neighbors told Channel 2 they heard the teen yelling and threatening to kill “every one of you.”

“I saw him approaching my mailbox telling me to get my you know what in my yard,” neighbor Lisa Hernandez told the news station. “And I said, ‘Excuse me! I’m in my yard.’ And then he took off running.”

Palmetto police officers responding to the scene identified the victim as a deputy, triggering a massive manhunt. Officers with assault weapons set up a roadblock and searched vehicles looking for the alleged shooter.

Long was tracked down about three miles from the scene on Collingsworth Road near I-85, Channel 2 reported.

“When he saw us there, he turned himself in to us,” Wood said.

The deputy was shot and killed after an altercation in a neighborhood on Snowfall Terrace.??

A GBI crime scene truck and several agents were on the scene Wednesday.

— Please return to AJC.com for updates.