RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- Authorities say that an apparent North Carolina statewide "Blue Alert" is about a man wanted in the shooting of a police officer in Georgia Friday night.

Capt. Brantley Worley of the McCaysville Police Department in Georgia was critically injured in the line of duty while responding to a call for service, according to a news release from police in McCaysville, about two miles from the North Carolina line.

Police said they are looking for Timothy Craig Ramsey, 26, who might be in Cherokee County, in the North Carolina mountains.

He is wanted on charges of aggravated assault with intent to murder a police officer after the incident just after 11:10 p.m. Friday, McCaysville police said. WTOC reported the McCaysville officer was shot in the throat.

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